The fight for english: how language pundits ate, shot, and left

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其他题名:How language pundits ate, shot, and left. Prologue -- Beginnings -- Complications -- Variations -- Standards -- Reformers -- Borrowings -- Courtiers -- Rustics -- Authors -- Censurers -- Protectors -- Chaos -- Authorities -- Change -- Grammar -- Appropriateness -- Incorrectness -- Perspicuity -- Clarity -- Punctuation -- Antecedents -- Consequences -- Context -- Spelling -- Elocution -- Pronunciation -- Institutions -- Education -- Climates -- Future -- Epilogue.