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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2004
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Summary: Explaining the nuts and bolts of grammar presents a special challenge, because--far more than is the case with spelling and punctuation--the subject is burdened with a centuries-old history of educational practice that many will recall as anything but glamorous. One of the world's foremost authorities on the English language, Crystal sets out to rid grammar of its undeserved reputation as a dry...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017