Lost for Words

The Mangling and Manipulating of the English Language

by John Humphrys

Hodder & Stoughton, 2004
ISBN 034083658X
Hardcover, dustjacket

Condition: Very Good
minor edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing and bumping to edges, corners and covers (see photographs)

“From tired old cliches to meaningless jargon, neglected rules of grammar to empty slogans, the English language is being abused in many quarters.
Politicians stand by the ‘totality’ of their words but dupe us with deliberately evasive language.  Business leaders impact the bottom line by plucking the low-hanging fruit, thinking out of the box and pushing the envelope.  They leave us baffled.  Professors fear the consequences of correcting their students’ mangled sentences.  Bureaucrats bore us into submission.  Language is about communicating.  All this does the opposite.  We are excluded from debate.’"