One Day in the Life of the English Language —— A Microcosmic Usage Handbook

----- 生活英语的一天：微观使用手册

ISBN: 9780691165073 出版年：2015 页码：378 Cioffi, Frank L Princeton University Press

Generations of student writers have been subjected to usage handbooks that proclaim, "this is the correct form. Learn it"--books that lay out a grammar, but don't inspire students to use it. By contrast, this antihandbook handbook, presenting some three hundred sentences drawn from the printed works of a single, typical day in the life of the language--december 29, 2008--tries to persuade readers that good grammar and usage matter. Using real-world sentences rather than invented ones, one day in the life of the english language gives students the motivation to apply grammatical principles correctly and efficiently. Frank cioffi argues that proper form undergirds effective communication and ultimately even makes society work more smoothly, while nonstandard english often marginalizes or stigmatizes a writer.