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Are you weary (and also wary) of the misuse of English in our modern times? Look forward to our imminent event with eminent journalist Simon Heffer, who joins us for 'Scarcely English: An A-Z of Assaults on Our Language'.Simon Heffer's A to Z runs though a whole litany of common confusions ('flaunt' and 'flout', 'imply' and 'infer'), unidiomatic English ('fed up of', 'focus around'), and lazy expressions (these days every extended activity is an '-athon', every scandal is a 'Something-gate'). It bemoans some truly awful neologisms, and registers the horror of those of us who do not believe that you can answer the question 'How are you?' with the words 'I'm good'.
Trenchant and sprinkled with dry wit, 'Scarcely English' is both a chamber of horrors of bad and lazy English and a plea for accuracy, clear thinking and elegance.
Monday 7th October, 7:30pm. The Bookshop. Doors open 6:50pm.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
7 Greyfriars Garden, KY16 9HG St Andrews, United Kingdom, 6 Greyfriars Garden, St Andrews, KY16 9HG, United Kingdom,St Andrews
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