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02043aam a2200313Mi 4500 001 8E637AEA774811E7923FA1BEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170802010138 008 161014t20162014nyu 001 0 eng 020 $a 0190624159 020 $a 9780190624156 035 $a (OCoLC)961161786 040 $a AU@ $b eng $e rda $c AU@ $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d IGA $d SILO 100 1 $a Hargraves, Orin, $e author. 245 10 $a It's been said before : $b a guide to the use and abuse of cliches / $c Orin Hargraves. 246 3 $a It has been said before : $b a guide to the use and abuse of cliches. 264 1 $a New York $b Oxford University Press, $c 2016. 300 $a xii, 229 pages ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a Includes index. 500 $a Originally published: 2014. 520 $a LANGUAGE: HISTORY & GENERAL WORKS. Careful writers and speakers agree that cliches 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 cliches and why they should be avoided - or why they still have life left in them. Indeed, cliches can be useful - even powerful. And few people even agree on which expressions are cliches 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 cliches. They also illuminate his commentary on usage problems and helpful suggestions for eliminating cliches where they serve no useful purpose. 650 0 $a Cliches. 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 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20171003032211.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8E637AEA774811E7923FA1BEDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search