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GtrsRGr8 · 06-10-2017, 09:22 PM

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Audible ---> $2.95 -- Words on the Move -- John McWhorter --> social science
* Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally)
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Monkey--have I ever mentioned to you how much I hate the complexity of the coding in your posts?

Nothing personal.

The book/Audiobook has great ratings, all the way around, especially on the audio. It's a bestseller in one category at Audible, and may be so in one or more Amazon bookstore or Kindle bookstore categories. It's a definite must-buy for me.

If you're interested in this kind of subject, I think that you would love a Great Courses title, English Grammar Boot Camp. It happens to be on sale right now for $19.95, up to a little less than 18 hours from now. I think that I saw somewhere in a description that it was at its best price of the year.

I don't know about you, but I break out into a cold sweat anytime I see or hear the word "grammar." But this course is actually very interesting. The actual grammar instruction is subdued.

Briefly, I came away with the understanding that nothing about grammar or spelling in the English language (or any other language) is carved in stone. If enough people start to do it, non-standard words and grammar become standard English! The lecturer gives lots of examples. The lecturer is on a committee at American Heritage Dictionary which, each year, comes together and votes on whether or not things that were non-standard English up to that time, should become standard. If they get enough votes in the committee for standardization, the next edition of the dictionary will reflect that!

It runs for about 12 1/2 hours.

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GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	[QUOTE=tubemonkey;3535210] <snip> Audible ---> $2.95 -- Words on the Move -- John McWhorter --> social science * Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally) <snip> Monkey--have I ever mentioned to you how much I hate the complexity of the coding in your posts? Nothing personal. The book/Audiobook has great ratings, all the way around, especially on the audio. It's a bestseller in one category at Audible, and may be so in one or more Amazon bookstore or Kindle bookstore categories. It's a definite must-buy for me. If you're interested in this kind of subject, I think that you would love a Great Courses title, English Grammar Boot Camp. It happens to be on sale right now for $19.95, up to a little less than 18 hours from now. I think that I saw somewhere in a description that it was at its best price of the year. I don't know about you, but I break out into a cold sweat anytime I see or hear the word "grammar." But this course is actually very interesting. The actual grammar instruction is subdued. Briefly, I came away with the understanding that nothing about grammar or spelling in the English language (or any other language) is carved in stone. If enough people start to do it, non-standard words and grammar become standard English! The lecturer gives lots of examples. The lecturer is on a committee at American Heritage Dictionary which, each year, comes together and votes on whether or not things that were non-standard English up to that time, should become standard. If they get enough votes in the committee for standardization, the next edition of the dictionary will reflect that! It runs for about 12 1/2 hours. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 06-10-2017 at 09:39 PM.