The rock-'n'-roll guide to grammar and style /

Believe it or not, you can use your favorite Rock-'n'-Roll song titles to show you, clearly and concisely, how English grammar and style work--and it's fun! Inspired by a lifelong love of music and language, this book captures the brilliant bond between music and language, using song...

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Main Author: Zerbe, Michael J., 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
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505 0 |a Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Opening Act; Abbreviations Used in this Book; Love Hurts; Rapture; Royals; Us; Roam; Guerilla Radio; Strange Magic; I Predict a Riot; Sing Me Spanish Techno; I am the Walrus; Naturally; After the Storm; Boom!; Life is a Rock, but the Radio Rolled Me; Wake Me Up When September Ends; Hurray for the Riff Raff; Rmous Has It; Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves; Capital Letters; The Sloop John B; I Hate Myself for Loving You; On Whom the Moon Doth Shine; If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free; Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots; Spill the Wine 
505 8 |a Fight For Your Right To PartyStop Draggin' My Heart Around; I Sing, Sang, Sung a Song Sung Blue; The Best of Times; Should I Stay or Should I Go; You Were Loved; You, Me, and He; The World is a Ghetto; A Touch of Grey; You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet; Have I the Right to Mess with Word Order; Papa, Don't Preach; About the Author; Indices 
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