Righting the Mother Tongue: From Olde English to Email, the Tangled Story of English Spelling
HarperCollins:
New York: 2008
First edition, Hardcover, New in dust jacket,
211 pp.
Cover artwork by: Evan Gaffney
A narrative history of the ways in which the English language has been shaped by common misspellings shares the stories of omitted or added silent letters, evaluates the role of the Internet in rendering mistakes acceptable, and traces the efforts of such figures as Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster, and Theodore Roosevelt in reforming spelling rules. Timely, informative, and surprisingly interesting. 30,000 initial printing. #40120
Price: $24.95
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