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Should we worry about the bad grammar we hear at Barbara Undershaft's Salvation Army shelter? Is English losing its precision and purity?Meanwhile, in the background, Shaw keeps reminding us that language and theatre are always present in our everyday lives―sometimes serving as stabilizing forces, and sometimes working to undo them.  Free Download Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, "Language Use, Education, and Professional Contexts " English | ISBN: 3030960943 | 2022 | 237 pages | EPUB | 6 MB This present book addresses language and its diverse forms in an array of professional and practical contexts. Besides discussing the intricacies of specialized settings such as legal, medical, technical or corporate, the collection also focuses on the role of education in relation to professional contexts ranging from challenges in professional university teaching and translation didactics to business environment requirements.  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