[PDF.02zm] Founding Grammars: How Early America's War Over Words Shaped Today's Language

Founding Grammars: How Early America's War Over Words Shaped Today's Language

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 | #830539 in Books |  2015-05-12 |  2015-05-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.49 x1.14 x5.82l,.0 | File type: PDF | 320 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Solid History of American Grammar|By Mary S|In the years after the Revolutionary War, the search for America’s own linguistic identity began. Noah Webster strongly believed that the newly founded United States needed to embrace its own linguistic style that was different from that spoken in England. Arguments that still rage over sentences that end in prepositions to avoi| ||“Ostler brings the 'war of grammar' up to the present. Lively and revealing discussion of a battle that seems likely to continue as long as English is spoken.” ―Kirkus s|“[A] remarkable history.” ―Booklist|“Fan

Who decided not to split infinitives? With whom should we take issue if in fact, we wish to boldly write what no grammarian hath writ before?
In Founding Grammars, Rosemarie Ostler delves into the roots of our grammar obsession to answer these questions and many more. Standard grammar and accurate spelling are widely considered hallmarks of a good education, but their exact definitions are much more contentious - capable of inciting a full-blown grammar war...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Founding Grammars: How Early America's War Over Words Shaped Today's Language   |  Rosemarie Ostler. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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