LEADER 04122nam 2200625 450 001 9910791188103321 005 20230803221530.0 010 $a0-19-931575-2 010 $a0-19-931574-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000001313777 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001227293 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12543042 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001227293 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11279121 035 $a(PQKB)10383318 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1707879 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1707879 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10879406 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL617093 035 $a(OCoLC)881183761 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001313777 100 $a20140615h20142014 uy h 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIt's been said before $ea guide to the use and abuse of cliche?s /$fOrin Hargraves 210 1$aNew York :$cOxford University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (249 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-19-931573-6 311 $a1-306-85842-9 327 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- 1. Adjectival Cliche?s: Cliche?s that modify nouns or serve as predicates after linking verbs -- 2. Adverbial Cliche?s: Cliche?s that function as adverbials, describing how, when, with what, in what manner, etc. -- 3. People, Places, and Things: Cliche?s that function as noun phrases -- 4. Framing Devices: Cliche?s used to introduce, contextualize, or conclude questions or statements -- 5. Modifier Abuse: Cliche?s arising from extremely frequent and/or inapt collocation of particular adjectives with nouns, or of submodifying adverbs with adjectives -- 6. Predicate Cliche?s: Cliche?s beginning with a finite verb that serve as complete predicates -- 7. Quantification: Cliche?s that characterize quantities -- 8. Situational Cliche?s: Cliche?s consisting of complete sentences that characterize a situation or action -- 9. Cliche?s About Cliche?s: ways that people talk about or mention cliche?s that are themselves cliche?s -- 10. Appendix I: joined by "and" cliche?s: numerous phrases consisting of words joined by 'and'. 330 $a"Careful writers and speakers agree that cliche?s are generally to be avoided. However, nearly all of us continue to use them. Why do they persist in our language? In It's Been Said Before, lexicographer Orin Hargraves examines the peculiar idea and power of the cliche?. He helps readers understand why certain phrases became cliche?s and why they should be avoided -- or why they still have life left in them. Indeed, cliche?s can be useful -- even powerful. And few people even agree on which expressions are cliche?s and which are not. Many regard any frequent idiom as a cliche?, and a phrase regarded as a cliche? in one context may be seen simply as an effective expression in another. Examples drawn from data about actual usage support Hargraves' identification of true cliche?s. They also illuminate his commentary on usage problems and helpful suggestions for eliminating cliche?s where they serve no useful purpose. Concise and lively, It's Been Said Before serves as a guide to the most overused phrases in the English language -- and to phrases that are used exactly as often as they should be"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"This book provides a concise and lively guide to the most abused phrases in the English language today"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aCliche?s 606 $aEnglish language$vTerms and phrases 606 $aEnglish language$xUsage 606 $aEnglish language$vHumor 615 0$aCliche?s. 615 0$aEnglish language 615 0$aEnglish language$xUsage. 615 0$aEnglish language 676 $a428/.1 686 $aLAN000000$aLAN016000$aLAN021000$2bisacsh 700 $aHargraves$b Orin$01582011 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791188103321 996 $aIt's been said before$93863973 997 $aUNINA