Founding Grammars

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Founding Grammars Binding: Hardcover Publisher: St Martins Pr Publish Date: 2015/05/12 Synopsis: "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 questions and many more

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• ISBN bar code 9781250046123 ξ1 registered June 01 2019
  
• ISBN bar code 9781250046123 ξ2 registered March 22 2017
  
• ISBN bar code 9781250046123 ξ3 registered October 26 2016
  
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Standard grammar and accurate spelling are widely considered hallmarks of a good education, but their exact definitions are much more contentious -- capable of?inciting a full-blown grammar war at the splice of a comma, battles readily visible in the media and online in the comments of blogs and chat rooms. With an accessible and enthusiastic journalistic approach, Ostler considers these grammatical shibboleths, tracing current debates back to America's earliest days, an era when most families owne...

^ Founding Grammars : How Early America's War over Words Shaped Today's Language by Rosemarie Ostler (2015, Hardcover) ISBN 9781250046123 (revised Apr 2020)
^ Founding Grammars, St Martins Pr. NeweggBusiness. ISBN 9781250046123 (revised Mar 2017)
^ Founding Grammars, St Martins Pr. Newegg. ISBN 9781250046123 (revised Oct 2016)