TY - GEN AU - Wynford Hicks TI - Quite Literally (E-Book): problem words and how to use them SN - 0-415-32019-4 (m) U1 - 423.1 PY - 2004/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - English language KW - terms and phrases KW - usage KW - (E-Book) N2 - What's an alibi, a bete noire? Should you split infinitives, end sentences with prepositions, start them with conjunctions? What about four-letter words, euphemisms, foreign words, Americanisms, cliches, slang, jargon? And does the Queen speak the Queen's English? In "Problem Words", Wynford Hicks answers questions like these ER -