Bad Language: Are Some Words Better Than Others? by Edwin Battistella

Bad Language: Are Some Words Better Than Others?

Edwin Battistella

230 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction informative medium-paced
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Is today's language at an all-time low? Are pronunciations like cawfee and chawklit bad English? Is slang like my bad or hook up improper? Is it incorrect to mix English and Spanish, as in Yo quiero Taco Bell? Can you write Who do you trust? rathe...

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