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Soft cover, 20 cm, 256 pp. Oxford Language Classics ISBN 0198605080 9780198605089 [GR]

Oxford University Press,, Date: 2003.. Paperback. Used, like new. Like new; pages just slightly tanned. Paperback, 2003, Oxfford Univ Press, 223pp. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. 2003. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198605080 9780198605089 [US]

Oxford University Press. New. Date: 2003. Softcover. 0198605080 . This specific softcover book is in new condition with a cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "A Grammar of the English Language provides a fascinating snapshot of the language and grammar of the early nineteenth century. It was a controversial book, first published in 1818 in New York and in 1819 in London. The author, William Cobbett (1763-1835), was a champion of the poor who had taught himself to read and write. His radicalism brought him into conflict with the authorities on many occasions. He reserved a special kind of venom for politicians, men of letters like Dr. Johnson, the lexicographer, and for Fellows of English Colleges, "who live by the sweat of other people's brows." Here, he criticizes these men for their poor command of English, which was (he says) no better than that of chambermaids, hucksters, and plough-boys. Written in the form of letters and lessons to his fourteen-year-old son, the Grammar is the most colorful and entertaining treatment of the subject ever published. It gives advice on syntax and etymology, including "false grammar taken from Dr. Johnson's writing," "errors and nonsense in a king's speech," and "six lessons, intended ...

Oxford University Press, USA, Date: 2003-04-03. Paperback. Used:Good. 2003. Oxford University Press, USA ISBN 0198605080 9780198605089 [US]

ISBN10: 0198605080, ISBN13: 9780198605089, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA] Softcover
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