Maria Luisa Pozzi
Andrea De Benedetti, "Val più la pratica. Piccola grammatica immorale della lingua italiana", Laterza, 2010.
E’ nell’aria la primavera – anche se oggi nevica - che mi ha portato questo libretto.
Difficile essere divertenti e istruttivi però l’autore ci riesce. Con il sorriso sulle labbra ci accosta alla grammatica della lingua parlata, language against which the howling 'neo Crusc at large', those grammarians earnest for which phrases like 'I hope that I manage' are anathema.
With a wink to the reader, the author provides an extensive bibliography under the heading 'other bags of flour'. An example: on page 49 gives us a text of Achilles and Paul writes, 'Where do you find that Petrarch and Boccaccio, if they were still alive, would take five subjects in the classroom'.
Even the titles chapters are a delight, ranging from 'The economy of the subjunctive' to 'Follow your predicate.
The explanations are pure pleasure. Shows an example from Chapter 6. (Non)'s 'and'
"And here you see the Raphael face." You would should have seen his face. Not the Raphael, which protruded, serious but friendly, the right side of the fresco in the Vatican 'School of Athens' painted by himself, but that of Professor of Art History: a werewolf on an empty stomach, his mouth dripping from both sides of the mouth, for he was usually a man of the world sociable and witty. "
Cute, right?
Then follow the author makes a clear analysis of the use of this "that" and cites examples of famous writers who have used, from Calvin to Pasolini.
And if you, as the neo Crusc, there will be howling against these speeches, (have you noticed the use slang for 'you' in the sentence just ended), please, before you read the text of De Benedetti.
Good snow with an air of spring
Maria Luisa
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