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272 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780399165580
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Tarcherperigee
Publication date: 02 June 2015
Description
The author of Reading the OED presents an eye-opening look at language "mistakes" and how they came to be accepted as correct--or not. English is a glorious mess of a language, cobbled together from a wide variety of sources and syntaxes, and cha...
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272 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780399165580
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Tarcherperigee
Publication date: 02 June 2015
Description
The author of Reading the OED presents an eye-opening look at language "mistakes" and how they came to be accepted as correct--or not. English is a glorious mess of a language, cobbled together from a wide variety of sources and syntaxes, and cha...