Product Description
A learner's guide to American English slang and its usage when speaking and writing in informal contexts. Noted ESL and EFL teacher Orin Hargraves explains which rules of grammar change
(and are sometimes ignored), which words and phrases may be considered inappropriate or offensive, and common ways American pronunciation changes when slang is used. Provides invaluable
assistance in identifying slang and how Americans use it.
About the Author
Orin Hargraves is the author or editor of six books and numerous articles about language. He is a noted lexicographer whose latest books include
Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions; New Words; Slang Rules!; and Spell It!, the official study guide for the Scripps National Spelling Bee. He is the book review editor of
Dictionaries, the journal of the Dictionary Society of North America.
