Taming the Tongue in the Heyday of English Grammar (1711-1851)Author :
Hardback
Published : Thursday 15 July 2021
Description
An exploration of a surprisingly combative period in the history of English grammar. A Heated arguments can break out over many things: slander, insults to a personâ?Ts honorâ?"and, during one period in English history, grammar. In his new book detailing the controversies and fraught histories that accompanied efforts to regularize English grammar, Bryan A. Garner shows that the grammarians of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were a surprisingly contentious and opinionated lot. â?
You may also like ...
by
Hardback
23 Jan 2025
Diaries, letters and journals
€35.10
by
Paperback
20 Jun 2024
National and regional cuisine
€29.24
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
14 Mar 2024
History of art
€40.95
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
01 Nov 2023
History of art
€43.29
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
Reviews