It's Been Said Before by Orin Hargraves - 9780190624156

Name: It's Been Said Before by Orin Hargraves - 9780190624156
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc

Oxford University Press Inc

It's Been Said BeforeA Guide to the Use and Abuse of Clichs\nAuthor(s): Orin Hargraves\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc, United States\nImprint: Oxford University Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780190624156, 978-0190624156\nSynopsis\nCareful writers and speakers agree that clichs are generally to be avoided. However, nearly all of us continue to use them. Why do they persist in our language?\n\nIn It's Been Said Before, lexicographer Orin Hargraves examines the peculiar idea and power of the clich. He helps readers understand why certain phrases became clichs and why they should be avoided -- or why they still have life left in them. Indeed, clichs can be useful -- even powerful. And few people even agree on which expressions are clichs and which are not. Many regard any frequent idiom as a clich, and a phrase regarded as a clich in one context may be seen simply as an effective expression in another. Examples drawn from data about actual usage support Hargraves' iden.