Origins of the Specious

-Lx- 10.541 – 266 págs – Livro capa dura, com sobre capa amarelada na parte interna – Miolo bom – Cortes amarelados – Nas 3 primeiras e 3 últimas págs com pontos de oxidação, restante claras para leituraDo you cringe when a talking head pronounces “niche” as NITCH? Do you get bent out of shape when your teenager begins a sentence with “and”? Do you think British spellings are more “civilised” than the American versions? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you’re myth-informed.In Origins of the Specious, word mavens Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman reveal why some of grammar’s best-known “rules” aren’t—and never were—rules at all. This playfully witty, rigorously researched book sets the record straight about bogus word origins,