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Spiritomb

English Language

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#2
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
  • Mark Forsyth
4.3329 reads
#3
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
  • Bill Bryson
3.5645 reads
#4
The Fight for English: How language pundits ate, shot, and left
The Fight for English: How language pundits ate, shot, and left
  • David Crystal
00 reads
#5
Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of a Pure Standard English
Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of a Pure Standard English
  • John McWhorter
00 reads
#6
What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She
What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She
  • Dennis Baron
3.52 reads
#7
The Wordhord
The Wordhord
  • Hana Videen
4.673 reads
#8
The Mother Tongue
The Mother Tongue
  • Bill Bryson
3.8581 reads
#9
Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell
Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell
  • Vivian Cook
00 reads
#10
The Story of English in 100 Words
The Story of English in 100 Words
  • David Crystal
3.578 reads
#11
Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling, and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling
Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling, and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling
  • David Crystal
51 read
#12
Making a Point: The Pernickety Story of English Punctuation
Making a Point: The Pernickety Story of English Punctuation
  • David Crystal
00 reads
#13
Sounds Appealing: The Passionate Story of English Pronunciation
Sounds Appealing: The Passionate Story of English Pronunciation
  • David Crystal
00 reads
#14
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The Stories of English

The Stories of English
  • David Crystal
41 read
#15
Words in Time and Place: Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary
Words in Time and Place: Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary
  • David Crystal
00 reads
#16
Borrowed Words: A History of Loanwords in English
Borrowed Words: A History of Loanwords in English
  • Philip Durkin
00 reads
#17
The Horologicon
The Horologicon
  • Mark Forsyth
3.337 reads
#18
The Etymologicon
The Etymologicon
  • Mark Forsyth
3.8229 reads
#19
Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths, and Profanity in English
Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths, and Profanity in English
  • Geoffrey Hughes
00 reads
#20
Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language
Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language
  • Seth Lerer
01 read
#21
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The Story of English

The Story of English
  • Robert McCrum
  • Robert MacNeil
4.333 reads
#22
Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still
Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still
  • John McWhorter
4.2115 reads
#23
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
  • John McWhorter
3.827 reads
#24
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
  • John McWhorter
3.9224 reads
#25
Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca
Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca
  • John McWhorter
34 reads
#26
OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word
OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word
  • Allan A. Metcalf
21 read
#27
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
  • Amanda Montell
4.2770 reads
#28
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The Prodigal Tongue

The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English
  • Lynne Murphy
10 reads
#29
Essentials of Early English: An Introduction to Old, Middle, and Early Modern English
Essentials of Early English: An Introduction to Old, Middle, and Early Modern English
  • Jeremy J. Smith
00 reads
#30
Depraved and Insulting English
Depraved and Insulting English
  • Peter Novobatzky
  • Ammon Shea
00 reads
#31
Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages
Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages
  • Ammon Shea
00 reads
#32
Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation
Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation
  • Ammon Shea
2.54 reads
#33
Cover 7

Rebel with a Clause

Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Traveling Grammar Guru
  • Ellen Jovin
01 read
#34
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Making Sense

Making Sense
  • David Crystal
51 read
#35
Will's words
Will's words
  • Jane Sutcliffe
00 reads
#36
Uncovering the Logic of English
Uncovering the Logic of English
  • Denise Eide
51 read
#37
It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
  • Patricia T. O'Conner
3.53 reads
#38
Better Deeds than Words
Better Deeds than Words
  • Georgina Guthrie
31 read