Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language Kaitlin Morrison Determined to find the truth

Determined to find the truth

Author: Gerry Burney

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yet each has pieces of a scrapbook they made together as girls

Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language Kaitlin Morrison Determined to find the truthDo you cringe when a talking head pronounces "niche" as NITCH? Do you get bent out of shape when your teenager begins a sentence with "and"? Do you think British spellings are more "civilised" than the American versions? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you're myth informed. In Origins of the Specious, word mavens Patricia T. O'Conner and Stewart Kellerman reveal why some of grammar's best known "rules" aren't and never were rules at