When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech, for Better And/Or Worse当你抓到一个形容词时，就把它干掉 英文原版现货

图书标准信息

• 作者 Ben Yagoda 著
• 出版社 Crown Publishing Group
• 出版时间 2007-12
• ISBN 9780767920780
• 定价 104.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 256页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Whatdoyougetwhenyoumixninepartsofspeech,onegreatwriter,andgenerousdashesofinsight,humor,andirreverence?Onephenomenallyentertaininglanguagebook.

Inhiswaggishyetauthoritativebook,BenYagodahasmanagedtoundothedarkworkoflegionsofEnglishteachersandlibrariesofdustygrammartexts.NotsinceSchoolHouseRockhaveadjectives,adverbs,articles,conjunctions,interjections,nouns,prepositions,pronouns,andverbsbeenexploredwithsuchinfectiousexuberance.ReadIfYouCatchanAdjective,KillItand:

LearnhowtowritebetterwithclassicadvicefromwriterssuchasMarkTwain(“Ifyoucatchanadjective,killit”),StephenKing(“Ibelievetheroadtohellispavedwithadverbs”),andGertrudeStein(“Nouns...arecompletelynotinteresting”).

Marvelathowasinglewordcanshiftfromadverb(“Ididokay”),toadjective(“Itwasanokaymovie”),tointerjection(“Okay!”),tonoun(“Igavemyokay”),toverb(“Whookayedthis?”),dependingonitsuse.

Avoidthepretentiousprepositionat,afavoriteofrealestatedevelopers(e.g.“TheShoppesatWhitePlains”).

LaughwhenYagodasayshe“shallcallanyoneadorktotheendofhisdays”whoinsistsonmaintainingthedistinctionbetweenshallandwill.

Read,anddiscoverabookwhosepopculturereferences,humorousasides,andbracingdosesofdiscernmentandcommonsenseconveyYagoda’suniquesenseofthe“beauty,thejoy,theartistry,andthefunoflanguage.”,

【作者简介】

BENYAGODAteachesEnglishattheUniversityofDelaware,andistheauthoroffourbooks,includingTheSoundonthePageandAboutTown:TheNewYorkerandtheWorldItMade.HehascontributedtoSlate.com,theNewYorkTimesBookReview,theAmericanScholar,RollingStoneandEsquire,andwritesanoccasionalcolumnonlanguagefortheChronicleofHigherEducation.HelivesinSwarthmore,Pennsylvania.