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English Language

The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
The Fight for English: How language pundits ate, shot, and left
Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of a Pure Standard English
What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She
The Wordhord
The Mother Tongue
Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell
The Story of English in 100 Words
Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling, and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling
Making a Point: The Pernickety Story of English Punctuation
Sounds Appealing: The Passionate Story of English Pronunciation
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The Stories of English

Words in Time and Place: Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary
Borrowed Words: A History of Loanwords in English
The Horologicon
The Etymologicon
Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths, and Profanity in English
Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language
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The Story of English

Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca
OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
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The Prodigal Tongue

Essentials of Early English: An Introduction to Old, Middle, and Early Modern English
Depraved and Insulting English
Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages
Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation
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Rebel with a Clause

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Making Sense

Will's words
Uncovering the Logic of English
It ain't necessarily so
Better Deeds than Words