The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way
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Who would have thought that a book about English would be so entertaining? Certainly not this grammar-allergic reviewer, but The Mother Tongue pulls it off admirably. Bill Bryson--a zealot--is the right man for the job. Who else could rhapsodize about "the colorless murmur of the schwa" with a straight face? It is his unflagging enthusiasm, seeping from between every sentence, that carries the book. Bryson displays an encyclopedic knowledge of his topic, and this inevitably encourages a light tone; the more you know about a subject, the more absurd it becomes. No jokes are necessary, the facts do wel
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Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks
Release date: 1 January 1990
ISBN-10 : 0380715430 | ISBN-13: 9780380715435
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Release date: 1 January 1990
ISBN-10 : 0380715430 | ISBN-13: 9780380715435