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Have you eaten grandma? / Gyles Brandreth.

by Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney, 1948-

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Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2018.

English language -- Grammar.

English language -- Errors of usage -- Humor.

9780241352632 (hc.)

310 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Why, like, does everyone keep saying 'like'? Why do apostrophe's keep turning up in the wrong place? Why do we get confused when using foreign phrases - and vice versa? Is it 'may be' or 'maybe'? Should it be 'past' or 'passed'? Is it 'referenda' or 'referendums'? FFS, what's happening to our language!? Our language is changing, literacy levels are dwindling and our grasp of grammar is at crisis point, so you wouldn't be alone in thinking WTF! But do not despair, Have You Eaten Grandma? is here: Gyles Brandreth's definitive (and hilarious) guide to punctuation, spelling, and good English for the twenty-first century..."--Publisher description.

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