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The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.91 — 44,985 ratings — published 1990
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,942 ratings — published 2003
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.18 — 88,355 ratings — published 1918
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.84 — 124,286 ratings — published 1998
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.23 — 12,949 ratings — published 2011
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,268 ratings — published 2008
The Stories of English (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,458 ratings — published 2004
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,998,767 ratings — published 1813
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.94 — 5,201 ratings — published 2003
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,995,510 ratings — published 1890
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.92 — 16,325 ratings — published 1994
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 18 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,028,871 ratings — published 1999
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,747,075 ratings — published 1949
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.35 — 7,606 ratings — published 2013
The Story of English in 100 Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,599 ratings — published 2011
The Story of English (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,414 ratings — published 1986
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,287,143 ratings — published 1847
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.32 — 808 ratings — published
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,794,536 ratings — published 1945
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,621,325 ratings — published 1937
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,786,380 ratings — published 1997
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,996,547 ratings — published 1818
The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,588 ratings — published 2012
The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.99 — 5,342 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,660,782 ratings — published 1998
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,110,183 ratings — published 1960
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 14 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,767,424 ratings — published 2005
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,553,425 ratings — published 1985
Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,887,416 ratings — published 1590
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,409,230 ratings — published 1847
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,537,615 ratings — published 1897
A History of the English Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.89 — 904 ratings — published 1951
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 13 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,225,179 ratings — published 2007
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,259,470 ratings — published 2008
English Grammar in Use With Answers: Reference and Practice for Intermediate Students (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,992 ratings — published 1985
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 13 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,337,918 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 13 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,915,924 ratings — published 2003
Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.94 — 4,427 ratings — published 1996
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,130,469 ratings — published 1925
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,006,051 ratings — published 1951
Word Power Made Easy (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.42 — 9,273 ratings — published 1949
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.34 — 327,321 ratings — published 2002
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.34 — 9,575 ratings — published 2019
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,065 ratings — published 1926
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,372,193 ratings — published 1952
Macbeth: Moment by Moment (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,053,826 ratings — published 1623
Great Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.80 — 893,956 ratings — published 1861
Advanced Grammar in Use With answers (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.18 — 753 ratings — published 1999
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as english-language)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,991,991 ratings — published 2018
The Secret Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as english-language)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,336,344 ratings — published 1911
“Be grateful, as the friendship of vowels and consonants gives birth to syllables and new words. That is the extent of your great power.”
— Judge Wisdomar, from Fairytale Clues”
― Fairytale Clues: Magic-filled Stories That Slip English Grammar into the Heart
— Judge Wisdomar, from Fairytale Clues”
― Fairytale Clues: Magic-filled Stories That Slip English Grammar into the Heart
“In the nonlocal model,” she continued, “your brain does not create consciousness, but rather your brain experiences what already exists around it.”
She glanced from Faukman to Langdon and back. “In simple English, our brains interact with an existing matrix of awareness.” “That was simple English?” Faukman looked bemused. “Count your blessings,” Langdon said. “She could ruin lunch by trying to explain the triadic dimensional vortical paradigm.”
“Seriously, Robert?” she chided. “A man of your intellectual capacity should be able to grasp a nine-dimensional quantized, volumetric reality embedded in an infinite continuity.” Langdon rolled his eyes.
“See what I mean?” “Kids.” Faukman held up his hands. “Don’t make me stop the car.”
― The Secret of Secrets
She glanced from Faukman to Langdon and back. “In simple English, our brains interact with an existing matrix of awareness.” “That was simple English?” Faukman looked bemused. “Count your blessings,” Langdon said. “She could ruin lunch by trying to explain the triadic dimensional vortical paradigm.”
“Seriously, Robert?” she chided. “A man of your intellectual capacity should be able to grasp a nine-dimensional quantized, volumetric reality embedded in an infinite continuity.” Langdon rolled his eyes.
“See what I mean?” “Kids.” Faukman held up his hands. “Don’t make me stop the car.”
― The Secret of Secrets
