Publisher's Synopsis
English is a glorious mess of a language, cobbled together from a wide variety of sources and syntaxes and changing over time with popular usage. Many of the words and usages we embrace as standard and correct today were at first considered slang, impolite or just plain wrong. Whether you consider yourself a stickler, a nitpicker or a rule-breaker in the know, 'Bad English' is sure to enlighten, enrage and, perhaps, even inspire. Filled with historic and contemporary examples, it chronicles the long and entertaining history of language mistakes and features some of our most common words and phrases.
