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An essential guide for anyone with cause to communicate in written form (most of us), a passing interest in doing it better (some of us ...
'Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words and language' Pam Ayres
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The people's history of the first great crowdsourcing experiment of the Victorian age- the Oxford English Dictionary
What do three murderers, Karl Marx's ...
We were all taught the fundamentals of writing well in school. But how do we write effectively in today's hyper-interactive world?
When The Elements ...
Words confirm and deny, guarantee and deceive, elucidate and obfuscate. The more words you know, the better you can express yourself and the more you ...
Join Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, on a curious and exceedingly interesting adventure through all the very best RED ...
In the early 1800s magistrates in the Australian colonies were often frustrated by the language used by reoffending convicts to disguise their criminal activities and ...
An entertaining, informative, and elegantly designed guide that makes understanding punctuation marks and symbols simple and fun.A rollicking linguistic ride for fans of Eats ...
'Caroline Taggart has carved out a niche for herself in user-friendly, wittily written factual books.' - Yorkshire Post
The huge variety of colourful phrases contained in ...
Know your tater trap from your sniffle herring in Sharp's journey around the world in idioms, proverbs and general nonsense - the perfect gift for ...
David Crystal's How Language Works is a fascinating tour through the world of language from one of today's most renowned experts. It ranges ...
A fascinating exploration of the nuts and bolts of human language. Why dont eleven and twelve end in teen? The rest of our counting system ...
A collection of 366 facts about language to enliven each day of the year.
In this ingenious and diverse collection of 366 stories, events and ...
If you were to master the twenty languages discussed in Babel, you could talk with three quarters of the world's population. But what makes ...
Everything you need to know about the 25 essential rules for English grammar! English grammer is often said to be over-complicated and difficult to get ...
