{"product_id":"english-first-how-to-not-talk-like-a-christian-yuppie-9781458204424","title":"English First: How to Not Talk Like a Christian Yuppie","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Pan Troglodytes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Abbott Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Abbott Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Growth - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommunicating the importance of proper diction for Christians, in \u003ci\u003eEnglish First\u003c\/i\u003e, author Pan Troglodytes provides a guide for learning to talk and write like a humble Christian, in American English. Using both the Bible and the dictionary as resources, Troglodytes shows how to avoid using vogue words, jargon, redundancies, and other overly contrived, complicated, or awkward words that make people look pretentious, conceited, ignorant, and foolish.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnglish First \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a host of examples to help speakers and writers keep their speech and writing plain and simple. It discusses misuses and mispronunciations of words and explains their true meaning and use in American English. For example, the word \u003ci\u003eheinous \u003c\/i\u003eis pronounced \"haynus,\" not \"heenus.\" Th e word \u003ci\u003ecomprise \u003c\/i\u003emeans \"includes, consists of, or contains\"; it does not mean \"makes up.\" The whole comprises its parts-the parts make up or compose the whole.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn addition to coaching Christians to speak correctly and simply, \u003ci\u003eEnglish First \u003c\/i\u003eprovides an interpretation of words, phrases, and passages in the Bible that speak to today's issues of abortion, homosexuality, and corporal punishment in child rearing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abbott Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47596909166743,"sku":"9781458204424","price":759.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781458204424.webp?v=1774995582","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/english-first-how-to-not-talk-like-a-christian-yuppie-9781458204424","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}