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Winner of the Women's Prize for Nonfiction

Making Sense: The Glamorous Story of English Grammar African American he can say all theIn Making Sense, David Crystal confronts the foe of many: grammar. Once taught relentlessly to all students in the English speaking world, grammar disappeared from most school curricula, so that terms such as "preposition" and "conjunction" now often confound children and adults alike. Explaining the nuts and bolts of grammar presents a special challenge, because far more than is the case with spelling and punctuation the subject is burdened with a