Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases: (Grenville Kleiser Classics Collection) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781508922995)

The study of words, phrases, and literary expressions is a highly interesting pursuit. There is a reciprocal influence between thought and language. What we think molds the words we use, and the words we use react upon our thoughts. Hence a study of words is a study of ideas, and a stimulant to deep and original thinking. We should not, however, study "sparkling words and sonorous phrases" with the object of introducing them consciously into our speech. To do so would inevitably lead to stiltedness and superficiality. Words and phrases should be studied as symbols of ideas, and as we become thoroughly familiar with them they will play an unconscious but effective part in our daily expression.

Author: Grenville Kleiser
ISBN-10: 1508922993
ISBN-13: 9781508922995
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/17/2015
Pages: 386
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.80d