A Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780199239061 (0199239061)
Publish date: December 1st 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages no: 179
Edition language: English
I chuckled, chortled and snorted my way through this entertainingly written book about the English language. I found the use of a large corpus to analyse how people actually use English as opposed to how (possibly other) people think English ought to be used to be interesting and enlightening. I con...