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Re: Walking with Geoffrey Layton
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Edgar Schuster <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 2 Mar 2010 11:50:21 -0500
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Herb,
	Did you meant David Crystal's Cambridge History?

On Mar 2, 2010, at 10:42 AM, STAHLKE, HERBERT F wrote:

> There is, of course, a history of literature countering the  
> linguistic shamans, as Dwight Bolinger labels them in his  
> _Language:  the Loaded Weapon_ (Longman 1980).  Pinker also has a  
> relevant chapter in his Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English  
> Language, as surprisingly inexpensive reference work every English  
> teacher should have, right next to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary of  
> English Usage.  You can buy them both and still have money left for  
> dessert.
>
> Herb
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [mailto:[log in to unmask] 
> ] On Behalf Of Brett Reynolds
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 8:24 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Walking with Geoffrey Layton
> Importance: Low
>
> On 2010-03-02, at 7:17 AM, Assembly for the Teaching of English  
> Grammar wrote:
>
>> I recently read the work of a rational and fully competent editor  
>> and writer Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance  
>> Approach to Punctuation (Gotham Books, 2003), and would recommend  
>> it to all English teachers.
>
> And if you enjoyed that, you really should also read _The Fight for  
> English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left_ by David Crystal.
>
> Best,
> Brett
>
> -----------------------
> Brett Reynolds
> English Language Centre
> Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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