Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare
£3.74
A fascinating read - What have women and sticks to do with cats and dogs ? What do which and want have in common? What is a corpus, and why does it matter ? The answers to these - and many more - questions are all to be found in this gem of a book. Jeremy Butterfield writes with wit, style and authority on the elusive mysteries of the English language - a subject to which he has dedicated the bulk of his working life. The book is a fascinating and highly informative analysis of how our language is used and how it is evolving.Highly recommended.