Includes index.
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Introduction
1. Adjectival Clichés: Clichés that modify nouns or serve as predicates after linking verbs
2. Adverbial Clichés: Clichés that function as adverbials, describing how, when, with what, in what manner, etc.
3. People, Places, and Things: Clichés that function as noun phrases
4. Framing Devices: Clichés used to introduce, contextualize, or conclude questions or statements
5. Modifier Abuse: Clichés arising from extremely frequent and/or inapt collocation of particular adjectives with nouns, or of submodifying adverbs with adjectives
6. Predicate Clichés: Clichés beginning with a finite verb that serve as complete predicates
7. Quantification: Clichés that characterize quantities
8. Situational Clichés: Clichés consisting of complete sentences that characterize a situation or action
9. Clichés About Clichés: ways that people talk about or mention clichés that are themselves clichés
10. Appendix I: joined by "and" clichés: numerous phrases consisting of words joined by 'and'.
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It's been said before : a guide to the use and abuse of cliches by Orin Hargraves. ISBN 9780199315734. Published by Oxford University Press, USA in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
