Barbara Wallraff: 2 books
Word Court
Wherein verbal virtue is rewarded, crimes against the language are punished, and poetic justice is d
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
In 1993, the Atlantic Monthly's senior editor Barbara Wallraff began answering grammar questions on America Online. Instantaneously the site became one of AOL's most popular forums, as questions, and responses to Wallraff's responses, came flooding in. This vibrant exchange became the bimonthly "Word...
Word Fugitives
In Pursuit of Wanted Words
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Despite the many thousands of dictionary words at our disposal, our language can be dismayingly inadequate. How many times have you searched for a word that means just what you want it to but failed to find anything suitable anywhere? Most of us, it turns out, lead lives rife with experiences, people,...