[PDF.65yi] The Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left

The Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left

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 | #1458133 in Books |  2007-02-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  5.30 x.90 x7.60l,.82 | File type: PDF | 256 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Interesting ideas about standard and non-standard English|By Anna Faktorovich|Interesting ideas about standard and non-standard English that I have been thinking of occasionally since reading it. So, folks who want to understand linguistics and the meaning behind the language variations we use should read this book.|1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| ||"Manages to be genial and irascible at the same time...Crystal is fascinating and insightful, often funny."--Patricia T. O'Conner, New York Times Book ||"This volume is an excellent introductory essay on the development of the English language throu

The story of battles--both past and present--surrounding English language usage, The Fight for English explores why millions of people feel linguistically inferior. Unhappy with the "zero tolerance" approach to punctuation offered by Lynn Truss's Eats, Shoots, and Leaves, David Crystal offers a view of the subject that is much more balanced. Instead of answering the claims made by other manuals of English usage, Crystal provides an explanation and ana...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left   |  David Crystal. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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