No Stinkin' Grammar
An Essay on Learning English: An Exceptional Language
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An Anthropological consideration of the ill fit between English rules and usage. A visit to places at the margins of English where the rules are fuzzy and sometimes contradictory.
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About the Book
Written from an Anthropological viewpoint, No Stinkin’ Grammar presents a humorous and sometimes satirical consideration of rules and exceptions in modern English. Beginning with the familiar sentence diagram and proceeding through the intricacies of use and misuse of modern English, it details frequently confusing and often contradictory applications of our language. Not offering a text on grammar or syntax it considers such elements of modern English as Wikipedia, silent letters, the origins and history of modern usage, spelling versus spoken English, the spelling bee, oxymorons, homonyms, Post It© notes, cursive script, and other interesting features of American (US) English. Interesting to Teachers and students alike, it examines our language not from its core but at its perimeter where the rules are often fuzzy and even contradictory. It provides and amusing look at the language we share.
About the Author
In 1978, Dr. Nixon earned an advanced degree in Cultural Anthropology. His home is in Southern California, a region known for varied ethnic and linguistic traditions. He has a long standing passion for languages and has studied several from Anthropological and Linguistic perspectives, both formally and informally.