"Language compass" is read as a reading that is written so that everything is clear to you while reading it. So that's why you feel good after that
Alas, who needs that - someone will say when they see the "Language Compass", and you will immediately know who you are dealing with.
Great, this is a book that everyone always needs - someone else will say, and you will immediately learn a lot about him.
But now we will not talk about differences, tastes and needs, now we will talk about the "Language Compass" by Nevena Živić and Iva Radić, about the new edition of the "Creative Center", for easier navigation in speaking and writing - as it says in the subtitle.
Neither a textbook nor a manual
It is important to point out right away that this is a book for everyone.
"Kompas is intended for both younger and older users, and those in school, but also those who have long since finished schooling, and all of them will now be able to quickly and easily find the answer to the question that is bothering them, but also to have fun and learn." something they didn't even know they didn't know. And the format is adapted to that - we designed a book for every pocket and every lady's purse, for quick help and faithful friendship with words, which you can always have at hand", explain Nevena Živić and Iva Radić in the book's introduction.
They also say that "this book is neither a textbook nor a manual, but a small, simple, useful and (hopefully) interesting navigational tool for all those who love their language, are aware of its richness and importance and want to use it properly." We are 'only' proofreaders and we don't want to teach anyone how to be smart, but only to teach smart with language and spelling rules. It won't hurt anyone."
Explaining why they wrote "Language Compass", they say that in their work they encounter mistakes that are often repeated.
Language defects
"Unfortunately, it kind of got out of hand both in speech and in writing." I would (instead of I'd), we would (instead of we would), you would (instead of you would). The eternal dilemma is whether we are at home or home (we are at home, let's go home), does a cinema ticket cost sixth or six hundred dinars, are there many shows on the radio? the listener or listeners, do you drawer is it written with or without j, is it and how one word or even three words, are we buying moisturizing or hydrant cream... Pavle and Đorđe grab each other's heads when they hear that they are going to Pavlet and Đorđe's. And where can we get a driver's license from SUP in Lermontov street, when it always was Lermontova street. Not distinguishing (and this is a linguistic flaw, whether it is written assembled or disassembled) the conjunction because and the interrogative whether, then whether we receive injection or injection, did he copy it dr Đurić or dr. Đurić, did he speak? the vice president or vice president governments... The list is long", the authors state.
I like these kinds of books, they are fun. I especially like it when they confirm that I am right about something.
For example: "The construction 'by' in sentences should be avoided whenever possible", say the authors, just as I always tell younger colleagues when they copy reports from emails of some bureaucratic institutions.
"The contract was signed by the football player" is incorrect, and "The football players signed the contract" is correct.
Gender sensitivity
The book is incredibly transparent and easy to use, to the extent that when you want to find something, for example, you don't notice that you are looking for it. Jakša Lakićević is the author of the graphic design of the book.
The last chapter of the "Language Compass" is about Gender Sensitivity. He explains extremely clearly how to speak and write. It says that division men and women is not correct. And it is men and women, who are people.
At the end of that chapter is the Dictionary of Gender Sensitive Language.
"Language compass" is read like reading a book that is written so that everything is clear to you while reading it. So that's why you feel good after that.
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