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

Rosemarie Ostler

333 pages • first pub 2015 (view editions)

nonfiction history funny informative slow-paced
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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 ques...

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