Founding Grammars: How Early America's War Over Words Shaped Today's LanguageWho decided not to split infinitives? With whom should we take issue if in fact, we wish to boldly write what no grammarian hath writ before? In Founding Grammars, Rosemarie Ostler delves into the roots of our grammar obsession to answer these questions and many more. Standard grammar and accurate spelling are widely considered hallmarks of a good education, but their exact definitions are much more contentious capable of inciting a full blown grammar

Author: Plato

Made in Granada

Muhammad's challenge

Author: David Foster Wallace

Geometry is one of a group of special sciences - Number

This outstanding collection also offers short biographies of the playwrights

Wright's first published book

philosophy

Faithful to Catholic teaching yet critical

how we pray and fast

and film from the time of Seneca to the present

Peter Bedford