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Founding Grammars: How Early America's War over Words Shaped Today's Language
by Ostler, Rosemarie
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Standard grammar and accurate spelling are widely considered hallmarks of a good education, but their exact definitions are more contentious. Ostler shows how linguistic founding fathers like Noah Webster, Tory expatriate Lindley Murray, and post-Civil War literary critic Richard Grant White all played prominent roles in creating the grammar rules we've come to use, abuse -- and occasionally discard -- over the years. | |
Published 2015
by St. Martin's, Hardcover, 320 Pages, ISBN: 9781250046123, ISBN-10: 1250046122, List Price $27.99.
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