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When you catch an adjective, kill it
the parts of speech for better and/or worse
By Yagoda, Ben
- ISBN
- 978-0-76792-077-3
- Publisher
- New York : Broadway Books, c2007.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 15, 2007
Questioning traditional grammatical categories, Yagoda (English, Univ. of Delaware) explores strengths, weaknesses, and connections between parts of speech in this work for writers and language lovers. Each English-language part of speech receives its own chapter. Sometimes, Yagoda acts as writing coach, as when he discusses newspapers' policies regard...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
