BETWEEN YOU AND I: A LITTLE BOOK OF BAD ENGLISH (James Cochrane)

Between You and I: A Little Book of Bad English

from World Wide Words: Between You and I: a Little Book of Bad English http://www.worldwidewords.org/reviews/re-lit1.htm

You can’t fault James Cochrane’s subtitle: this is a slim volume of alphabetically arranged entries describing the mistakes that people often make with the language.
The author sets out his position in a foreword: “I have not written it with the intention of being purist in the sense of proposing that change nearly always means debasement, nor have I been concerned with the ‘educated’ or ‘uneducated’ uses of language in the traditional sense, both of which have their strengths and weaknesses. It is more concerned with the particular form of debasement we have now, which derives at least in part from what might be called the ‘half-educated’ use of language.”

書評：John Humphrys: Not I. It's me | The Guardian　http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1066667,00.html

Not I. It's me
Texting, lazy jargon, management-speak: never has the English language been so abused. But a new book called Between You And I is pointing out the worst errors - and demanding higher standards. In his introduction John Humphrys explains why bad English makes him cross
Monday October 20, 2003

Beyond Words

Lost for Words: The Mangling and Manipulation of the English Language