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02671aam a2200361 i 4500 001 7FB8E9A863F011E4A4D39B8FDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20141104010110 008 131209s2014 nyu 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013047098 020 $a 0199315736 (hardback) 020 $a 9780199315734 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)862780807 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d UKMGB $d YCC $d OQX $d OCLCF $d CDX $d COO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PE1442 $b .H37 2014 100 1 $a Hargraves, Orin, $e author. 245 10 $a It's been said before : $b a guide to the use and abuse of clicheÌs / $c Orin Hargraves. 246 3 $a It has been said before 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2014] 300 $a xii, 229 pages ; $c 25 cm 500 $a Includes index. 520 $a "Careful writers and speakers agree that clicheÌs 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 clicheÌ. He helps readers understand why certain phrases became clicheÌs and why they should be avoided -- or why they still have life left in them. Indeed, clicheÌs can be useful -- even powerful. And few people even agree on which expressions are clicheÌs and which are not. Many regard any frequent idiom as a clicheÌ, and a phrase regarded as a clicheÌ 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 clicheÌs. They also illuminate his commentary on usage problems and helpful suggestions for eliminating clicheÌs 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"--Provided by publisher. 520 $a "This book provides a concise and lively guide to the most abused phrases in the English language today"--Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a What is a clicheÌ? -- ClicheÌs that name things -- Adjectival and quantifying clicheÌs -- Adverbial clicheÌs -- Predicate clicheÌs -- Framing devices -- Modifier fatigue -- ClicheÌs in tandem. 650 0 $a ClicheÌs. 650 0 $a English language $v Terms and phrases. 650 0 $a English language $x Usage. 650 0 $a English language $v Humor. 941 $a 2 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722045153.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180125052916.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7FB8E9A863F011E4A4D39B8FDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search