Words on the Move

Why English Won't - And Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally)

Cover Art for 9781250143785, Words on the Move by John McWhorter
ISBN: 9781250143785
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 12 September, 2017
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Explores how the English language has always been changing and evolving, and continuing to do so today, describing how the word ôsillyö once meant ôblessedö and that the suffix -ly is actually a remnant of the word ôlike.ö

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