Grab Your Edition Literally, The Best Language Book Ever: Annoying Words And Abused Phrases You Should Never Use Again Created By Paul Yeager Disseminated As Volume

it should be called the most annoying language book ever, He is very upfront about not being a language expert, but he still makes blanket pronouncements that are just wrong, Like saying that a certain word has only ever meant this one thing, when off the top of my head, I can think of several other uses for it.
And that doesn't even begin to cover past historical uses, Did you even look it up in a dictionary And while some of the things he discusses are actual grammar errors that people make, the majority of the book consists of words and phrases that he deems annoying or overused.
And yes, he's certainly entitled to his opinion, but this seems overboard, Some of the phrases he calls out I have never heard used, not even once, and others are legitimate phrases that work well in new situations, I'm not actually a big fan of progressive language, but new situation do call for new words and phrases to describe them, It's rare for me to rate or review a book I haven't completely finished or givestar, but I just couldn't take this one anymore, Abominable piece of crap written by an ignorant, wrongheaded dunce, Errors in almost every single entry, Disastrously stupid. For shame, Penguin Books. Literally, the most pedantic language screed ever, Should have been funny, instead was oddly picky, It's one thing to joke about misuse of words like literally a longstanding pet peeve of mine, but quite another to pick on perfectly valid Englishlanguage expressions that simply annoy the author.


I'll continue to say, "like a needle in a haystack," whenever I want to, thanks, It is what it is, Literally the most annoying language book ever,
Ok, I admit there are some words that annoy me as much as the author, one of which is the use of the adverb “literally” in every situation, exaggerating emotions in a senseless way.

However, the redundancies and repetitions mentioned in this book are part of our daily speech, This is the spoken language were talking about and most of the time they double the affect, We should keep a more open mind when it comes to language, Its dynamic, fluid and everchanging, Why be so strict or particular We are aware of the fact that “completely” is not necessary for “finished” or “surrounded” as you can never be half finished or half surrounded but it sure creates a powerful impact impact implies power, too so maybe I should not have used it.
ugh This is just frustrating,

The author is allergic to figurative speech, trending expressions and exaggerations and nouns pretending to be verbs, Yes, some nouns are converted into verbs, and vice versa especially in everyday conversations, But I consider them enriching and if used often enough, they find their place in dictionaries, too, “To chair” has become quite prevalent and taken its rightful place as a verb in dictionaries, I havent seen anybody using architect as a verb yet as the author suggests but I find it pointless to fear these transitions, Funny though, this reminds me the phrase “Lawyered!” from How I Met Your Mother,

It feels like this book exists due to personal spite not because of informative reasons,
By the middle of the book I completely forgot what I was reading, the author must have been confused too as he went into gender jokes, inlaw jokes, height jokes and culturally deepseated phases like “Dont try this at home” and “I Could Tell You, But Then Id Have to Kill You“.
Why am I reading about some guys annoyances Theres no linguistic or grammatical value here, I am just pissed off,
This can be the worst language book ever, Totally pompous, selfaggrandizing, not sensed of humor write, Big disappointment. Mr. Yeager has compiled a useful, comprehensive list of noxious abuses of the English languages, both grammatical and not, specializing appropriately in the pompous phrasing of soulless business 'droids.
Nonetheless, while he carefully points out exactly what is wrong with every offending word and phrase, he completely neglects his duty to ridicule and demean the sheer inanity of such atrocities.
Consequently, I found this book an incredible letdown, I'd have given it a lowstar rating, except that the author earns an entire extra star for pointing out just how insulting it is to say "I'm proud of you!" to a peer, thus giving voice to something I'd felt internally for many years, but couldn't quite explain why.
I love language books, and this one was a delight, Of course, it's all based on the author's opinions, and wow, is he ever opinionated! Yeager is not a grammarian or even an English professor he's a meteorologist.
That's okay, though, because he doesn't need to be a language expert to know what words and phrases irritate him, The book was arranged well, and it was lots of fun to read in sections, I'll admit that I often use some of the words and sayings which annoy him, and I'm trying to use a few of them less often, We'll see if I have any success in that endeavor, : I reserved this book from the library with plans to leave it on the coffee table over Christmas for everyone to dip into and enjoy it's just that type of book.


Sadly I didn't get it in time, but I enjoyed it just the same,

Yeager has divided his book into chapters, some of which include: Illogical Words and Phrases, Excessively Trendy Words and Expressions, Inarticulate Language and more,

I was shocked to find that I was guilty of committing one of his offences in the very first chapter, Grammar Errors, I didn't know this, but firstly, secondly and lastly is poor grammar, as first, second, and last are already adverbs and therefore don't need the additional ly added.
I've always done this, and I'll probably forget this rule and do it again, And this was only on page!

However after this chapter I laughed at the cliches and phrases, buzz words and double speak that irritate the author, and found myself wanting to read out every second entry to whoever was near.
At the end the author also included the phrases that annoy and irritate his wife which was amusing,

Literally the Best Language Book Ever Annoying Words and Abused Phrases You Should Never Use Again is a great book to share with others, with short sharp entries, a sense of humour and a light approach.


Highly Recommended. "'Are we having fun yet' is sarcasticnot in a good way but in a tired, wornout, neversayitagain kind of way, The phrase is as useful as a holeridden sock that's lying in a mud puddle in the gutter of a sootcovered city street, and saying 'Are we having fun yet' should be as tempting as it would be to bend over, pick up the sock, wring out the water, and slide it onto your foot.
" How do I get my shit list published in paperback form That's all this book amounted toa list of the author's, and his wife's grammatical pet peeves, in alphabetical order with a paragraph or two of commentary each.
Can you imagine how tiresome their cocktail parties must be Oy, If you're going to try to pull that off, you need to add a humorous, or at least unique, spin, This book is nothing that can't be found on any website where two or three selfstyled intellectuals gather, Would recommend: Maybe, for skimming

I thought I would really love this book, but then I read the introduction and realized that the author is the managing editor of the illustrious publication, Accuweather.
com. Uh, what

It's not to say that Paul Yeager is not knowledgeable, and he makes a valiant effort at explaining the subjunctive tense, but if we were to follow the edicts of this book, we would never speak in figures of speech, employ trendy phrases, or be even the slightest bit lax in our spoken language.
His overall message of being precise, intentional, and creative in language gets lost in a sea of snark and unnecessary points of emphasis, which is a shame,

Oh, and I found a typo, Interpret that as you will, Paul Yeager wrote a book about language, I don't know what his credentials are in that mine field and the book might be very personal, but I'm judging as I would any other position, The verdict is, it sucks,

I don't know what circle of society the author revolves around but to my astonishment I've never heard half of the expressions he finds so annoying.
The other part of his bitching comes out snobby with a 'I've got head up my ass' label, Does the author have any idea what the language is for It's too communicate and to be understood, The language evolves and as long as you send a message and get a response it doesn't matter if you use Queen's English or ghetto slang, Language is merely a tool, so use it and have some fun! I won't mind as long as you don't abuse grammar, which is a huge nono,

The constant complaining about unnecessary emphasis, exaggerations, and phrases author didn't understood in the first place but complained about anyway, didn't bother me half as much as the constant use of italics in the book.
Literally, the

Best Language Book Ever was a monologue when it should've been a dialogue, This book is half humorous and half infuriating, There are lots of annoying phrases and words in here, but there are also lots of nitpicking, The guy is in the tradition of the Acadamie Francaise that wants to cement language forever, but it's a dynamic thing that can and must change the author doesn't seem to get that.
And his biggest sin was including "Are We Having Fun Yet" while being totally clueless that it was coined by Bill Griffith in Zippy, The author is definitely a language purist, Most of the words and sayings he doesn't like are common slang, I'm glad he included "Irregardless" not a real word/double negative, However, I disagree with his dislike of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" the whole point of the phrase is that someone is trying to fix something that isn't broken.
Not all of language is meant to be literal, And speaking of literal, according to the author, I am the only person who uses "I could be wrong but" correctly, He says it has never been used by anyone who thinks they might actually be wrong, I use the phrase literally and always say it when I'm not completely sure if I'm right, I love reading books about grammar and the English language, But sometimes obviously that can be a boring subject to read about, I chose this book because the title made me laugh, and I thought this would be a great chance to learn something from an author who has a great sense of irony.
Instead, I read a big long tirade about how stupid people are for using words and phrases that he finds annoying, Now, when I have conversations with my friends, all I hear are the words and phrases that Yeager mocks and ridicules us all for using, And there are A LOT,

Skip this book, There are far better books on grammar out there, I'd tell you to Google them, but Yeager says we should never ever use "Google" as a verb because that's just lazy, What we SHOULD say is, "do a Google search for, . . " I want to say that the bottom line is this book is bad but Yeager doesn't like it when people say "the bottom line is, . . " Instead, he tells us to say "in the final analysis," or "the core of the problem is, . . " He even says that "cool" is a just a trendy word that needs to stop being used, because it doesn't make any sense unless we are talking about temperature.
Whatever, that is literally so not cool, I received this book as a gift because I'm pretty vocal about my hatred for misuse of the word "literally, " The author chose a great title to peak the interest of intelligent people who are not fond of the widespread butchering of the English language, However, there are only about two pages of worthwhile material in this whole book, The rest of it is the longest list of an author's personal pet peeves ever, Literally. Can the pet peeves of a prescriptive grammarian actually, a former meteorologist! be hilarious, edifying, and informative all at the same time Judging by this softcover wonder, I say yes.
Unfortunately, I use the bulk of the examples he skewers from cover to cover, but hey, recognizing the problem is half the battle, His frequent refrain that certain groups of letters we use are nonwords, or invented wordsalways raises a chuckle, as do his sensible means of expressing the same ideas as our trite kneejerk phrases using normal English.
Who'd've thunk it I wanted to like this book, I really did. But atpages in, I had to stop, Even in small doses the pompousness and "stickuphisassednenss" of this author was too much, Any writing student I've ever had will tell you I'm pretty picky, and anyone who's heard me rant about stupid country music lyrics "I'm the scarlet letter" Really, Taylor Swift You were an adulteress who became pregnant out of wedlock and was ostracized Yes, that's so very romantic.
SEE. Like that will tell you that I overthink things sometimes, THIS guy, however, goes on for almostpages about verbal things that annoy him, Sometimes, I agree being irritated about people who say "should of" instead of "should have:, Mostly, I just want to slap him, For example, he is irritated by people who use nouns as verbs saying "Google it" instead of "do a Google search for that" or referring to making a scrapbook as "scrapbooking".
There is an entire chapter called "You Thought You Were Clever But, . . Phrases that may have been witty the first time they were used" and dissects innocuous phrases such as "Whatever floats your boat" and "Are we having fun yet"

I would hateHATEto try to have any sort of conversation with this man for fear of saying something like, "I had the worst day ever," and starting him off on a rant or "That cheesecake was to die for" and causing him to try to murder me.


Avoid this book, Just avoid it. My plan for it To take it to my Freshman writing classes next semester and read an excerpt a day so they can see that there are, in fact, more picky people out there than I am.
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