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🇬🇧 British English

An exploration of the English language as spoken, written, and argued over in Britain — its dialects, idioms, history, and evolving character.
That's Not English
by Erin Moore • 2015
British reserve and American enthusiasm hide in words that both countries assume they share.
3.67
858
🗣️ Language And Culture🌍 Cultural Comparison🎩 Social Class
That's Not English Summary
That's Not English 90%
British reserve and American enthusiasm hide in words that both countries assume they share.
by Erin Moore 2015
3.67
858 ratings
🗣️ Language And Culture🌍 Cultural Comparison🎩 Social Class
The Anglo Files
by Sarah Lyall • 2008
An American marries into England and decodes a nation wired for apology, irony, and booze.
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2k+
🇬🇧 British Culture🤐 British Reserve👑 Class In Britain
The Anglo Files Summary
The Anglo Files 90%
An American marries into England and decodes a nation wired for apology, irony, and booze.
by Sarah Lyall 2008
3.45
2k+ ratings
🇬🇧 British Culture🤐 British Reserve👑 Class In Britain
Watching the English
by Kate Fox • 2004
The English have a secret code for weather, queues, and pubs. An anthropologist cracks it.
3.91
11k+
🇬🇧 Englishness🔍 Pop Anthropology📜 Unwritten Rules
Watching the English Summary
Watching the English 90%
The English have a secret code for weather, queues, and pubs. An anthropologist cracks it.
by Kate Fox 2004
3.91
11k+ ratings
🇬🇧 Englishness🔍 Pop Anthropology📜 Unwritten Rules
The English
by Jeremy Paxman • 1998
An island people built history's largest empire, then had to reinvent themselves once it crumbled.
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3k+
🏴 National Identity🎩 Class And Society🌍 British Empire
The English Summary
The English 89%
An island people built history's largest empire, then had to reinvent themselves once it crumbled.
by Jeremy Paxman 1998
3.55
3k+ ratings
🏴 National Identity🎩 Class And Society🌍 British Empire
Practical English Usage
by Michael Swan • 1981
600 A-Z entries that solve the English usage problems your textbook leaves unexplained.
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1k+
📚 English Grammar🗣️ Esl Reference🔍 Descriptive Grammar
Practical English Usage Summary
Practical English Usage 89%
600 A-Z entries that solve the English usage problems your textbook leaves unexplained.
by Michael Swan 1981
4.31
1k+ ratings
📚 English Grammar🗣️ Esl Reference🔍 Descriptive Grammar
Have You Eaten Grandma?
by Gyles Brandreth • 2018
Bad grammar is sabotaging you. A funny, practical guide to fixing it.
3.93
1k+
📝 English Usage❗ Punctuation❌ Common Errors
Have You Eaten Grandma? Summary
Have You Eaten Grandma? 89%
Bad grammar is sabotaging you. A funny, practical guide to fixing it.
by Gyles Brandreth 2018
3.93
1k+ ratings
📝 English Usage❗ Punctuation❌ Common Errors
The Full English
by Stuart Maconie • 2023
England, 90 years on: the mills gone, class divides intact, a startling diversity.
4.04
1k+
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Identity📖 Literary Travel🏭 Deindustrialization
The Full English Summary
The Full English 89%
England, 90 years on: the mills gone, class divides intact, a startling diversity.
by Stuart Maconie 2023
4.04
1k+ ratings
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Identity📖 Literary Travel🏭 Deindustrialization
The Mother Tongue
by Bill Bryson • 1990
Why English spelling is a mess, dialects baffle, and a Germanic tongue now rules the world.
3.91
44k+
🗣️ History Of English📚 Popular Linguistics🌍 Language Evolution
The Mother Tongue Summary
The Mother Tongue 89%
Why English spelling is a mess, dialects baffle, and a Germanic tongue now rules the world.
by Bill Bryson 1990
3.91
44k+ ratings
🗣️ History Of English📚 Popular Linguistics🌍 Language Evolution
A World Without "Whom"
by Emmy J. Favilla • 2017
The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.
3.72
491
📖 Style Guides🌐 Internet Linguistics🔄 Language Evolution
A World Without "Whom" Summary
A World Without "Whom" 89%
The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.
by Emmy J. Favilla 2017
3.72
491 ratings
📖 Style Guides🌐 Internet Linguistics🔄 Language Evolution
History of English literature
by Edward Albert • 1923
From Beowulf to Eliot: the full sweep of English literature, century by century.
3.90
257
📖 English Literary History🗂️ Literary Surveys📚 Textbook Histories
History of English literature Summary
History of English literature 88%
From Beowulf to Eliot: the full sweep of English literature, century by century.
by Edward Albert 1923
3.90
257 ratings
📖 English Literary History🗂️ Literary Surveys📚 Textbook Histories
The Road to Little Dribbling
by Bill Bryson • 2015
Twenty years on, Bryson returns to Britain: prettier, richer, and somehow even more perplexing.
3.73
39k+
🗺️ British Travelogue🌳 English Countryside😤 Curmudgeonly Humor
The Road to Little Dribbling Summary
The Road to Little Dribbling 88%
Twenty years on, Bryson returns to Britain: prettier, richer, and somehow even more perplexing.
by Bill Bryson 2015
3.73
39k+ ratings
🗺️ British Travelogue🌳 English Countryside😤 Curmudgeonly Humor
Woe Is I
by Patricia T. O'Conner • 1996
Most grammar rules aren't rules at all. Here are the few that actually clarify your writing.
3.94
4k+
📖 English Usage😄 Humorous Grammar🧐 Language Myths
Woe Is I Summary
Woe Is I 88%
Most grammar rules aren't rules at all. Here are the few that actually clarify your writing.
by Patricia T. O'Conner 1996
3.94
4k+ ratings
📖 English Usage😄 Humorous Grammar🧐 Language Myths
Politics On the Edge
by Rory Stewart • 2023
Ten prisons, a promise to fix them or resign, and a system that punishes real accountability.
4.30
18k+
🇬🇧 British Politics😞 Political Disillusion🏛️ Westminster Insider
Politics On the Edge Summary
Politics On the Edge 88%
Ten prisons, a promise to fix them or resign, and a system that punishes real accountability.
by Rory Stewart 2023
4.30
18k+ ratings
🇬🇧 British Politics😞 Political Disillusion🏛️ Westminster Insider
Speak English Like an American
by Amy Gillett • 2004
300 idioms, zero lists: a cookie-business story that teaches real American speech.
4.20
254
🗣️ Idiom Guides🇺🇸 American English📖 Contextual Learning
Speak English Like an American Summary
Speak English Like an American 88%
300 idioms, zero lists: a cookie-business story that teaches real American speech.
by Amy Gillett 2004
4.20
254 ratings
🗣️ Idiom Guides🇺🇸 American English📖 Contextual Learning
Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy
by David Mitchell • 2019
The internet, Brexit, and everything else a British comedian finds disastrous and hilarious.
3.67
5k+
🎭 Political Satire🗣️ Social Commentary🇬🇧 British Humor
Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy Summary
Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy 88%
The internet, Brexit, and everything else a British comedian finds disastrous and hilarious.
by David Mitchell 2019
3.67
5k+ ratings
🎭 Political Satire🗣️ Social Commentary🇬🇧 British Humor
English Grammar
by Sean Williams • 2019
Your grammar mistakes aren't random: a predictable hundred that mark you as careless.
4.15
147
🧱 Grammar Guides⚠️ Common Mistakes🔣 Punctuation
English Grammar Summary
English Grammar 88%
Your grammar mistakes aren't random: a predictable hundred that mark you as careless.
by Sean Williams 2019
4.15
147 ratings
🧱 Grammar Guides⚠️ Common Mistakes🔣 Punctuation
Tory Nation
by Samuel Earle • 2023
One party has ruled Britain for two-thirds of the last two centuries. This is how.
4.18
65
🏛️ British Politics🔵 Conservatism📰 Media Influence
Tory Nation Summary
Tory Nation 88%
One party has ruled Britain for two-thirds of the last two centuries. This is how.
by Samuel Earle 2023
4.18
65 ratings
🏛️ British Politics🔵 Conservatism📰 Media Influence
Words on the Move
by John McWhorter • 2016
Writing froze the language in your head; speech has been moving the whole time.
4.14
2k+
🇬🇧 English Language History🔄 Language Change📜 Word Origins
Words on the Move Summary
Words on the Move 88%
Writing froze the language in your head; speech has been moving the whole time.
by John McWhorter 2016
4.14
2k+ ratings
🇬🇧 English Language History🔄 Language Change📜 Word Origins
Seriously Funny
by Terry Pratchett • 2016
Discworld is fantasy. Its real subject: the foolish, tender business of being human.
4.28
483
🎭 British Humor💬 Wit And Wisdom🧠 Human Nature
Seriously Funny Summary
Seriously Funny 88%
Discworld is fantasy. Its real subject: the foolish, tender business of being human.
by Terry Pratchett 2016
4.28
483 ratings
🎭 British Humor💬 Wit And Wisdom🧠 Human Nature
English Grammar For Dummies
by Geraldine Woods • 2001
Grammar demystified: the rules you actually need, minus the jargon that made you hate English class.
3.84
629
🧱 English Grammar📚 Writing Reference🗣️ Plain English
English Grammar For Dummies Summary
English Grammar For Dummies 88%
Grammar demystified: the rules you actually need, minus the jargon that made you hate English class.
by Geraldine Woods 2001
3.84
629 ratings
🧱 English Grammar📚 Writing Reference🗣️ Plain English
Semicolon
by Cecelia Watson • 2019
How a semicolon started a grammar war: the rules we invented, the people they hurt.
3.68
2k+
🖋️ Grammar And Style📜 Language History🔍 Cultural Microhistory
Semicolon Summary
Semicolon 88%
How a semicolon started a grammar war: the rules we invented, the people they hurt.
by Cecelia Watson 2019
3.68
2k+ ratings
🖋️ Grammar And Style📜 Language History🔍 Cultural Microhistory
Rebel with a Clause
by Ellen Jovin • 2022
She toured fifty states with a grammar table. The confessions were stranger than the questions.
4.00
1k+
🧱 Language Mechanics🗣️ Pop Linguistics😂 Grammar Humor
Rebel with a Clause Summary
Rebel with a Clause 88%
She toured fifty states with a grammar table. The confessions were stranger than the questions.
by Ellen Jovin 2022
4.00
1k+ ratings
🧱 Language Mechanics🗣️ Pop Linguistics😂 Grammar Humor
How Britain Ends
by Gavin Esler • 2021
Brexit did not crack the union; it exposed cracks English nationalism had been opening for decades.
4.09
581
🇬🇧 British Politics🏛️ Uk Devolution🪪 National Identity
How Britain Ends Summary
How Britain Ends 88%
Brexit did not crack the union; it exposed cracks English nationalism had been opening for decades.
by Gavin Esler 2021
4.09
581 ratings
🇬🇧 British Politics🏛️ Uk Devolution🪪 National Identity
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
by Michael McCarthy • 1999
Core English vocabulary, taught through the topics of daily life: home, work, food, and more.
4.19
335
📚 English Vocabulary🌐 Esl Resources📖 Self-Study Guides
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary Summary
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary 88%
Core English vocabulary, taught through the topics of daily life: home, work, food, and more.
by Michael McCarthy 1999
4.19
335 ratings
📚 English Vocabulary🌐 Esl Resources📖 Self-Study Guides
Diaries 1969-1979
by Michael Palin • 2006
The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.
4.04
4k+
🎭 British Comedy📺 Television History✍️ Sketch Comedy
Diaries 1969-1979 Summary
Diaries 1969-1979 88%
The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.
by Michael Palin 2006
4.04
4k+ ratings
🎭 British Comedy📺 Television History✍️ Sketch Comedy
The World According to Cunk
by Philomena Cunk • 2024
A documentary presenter who missed every history lesson explains all world events, with pictures.
3.90
2k+
🏛️ Parody History🤪 Absurdist Humor🎓 Fake Expertise
The World According to Cunk Summary
The World According to Cunk 88%
A documentary presenter who missed every history lesson explains all world events, with pictures.
by Philomena Cunk 2024
3.90
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Parody History🤪 Absurdist Humor🎓 Fake Expertise
High School English Grammar and Composition
by P.C. Wren • 1935
Grammar isn't guesswork. The systematic classic that builds clear writing from the ground up.
4.17
1k+
📖 English Grammar✍️ Writing Guides🏛️ Traditional Grammar
High School English Grammar and Composition Summary
High School English Grammar and Composition 88%
Grammar isn't guesswork. The systematic classic that builds clear writing from the ground up.
by P.C. Wren 1935
4.17
1k+ ratings
📖 English Grammar✍️ Writing Guides🏛️ Traditional Grammar
Heroic Failure
by Fintan O'Toole • 2018
Brexit wasn't about economics. It was a culture of glorified defeat and shared self-harm.
4.11
2k+
🗳️ Brexit Analysis🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Nationalism🧠 Political Psychology
Heroic Failure Summary
Heroic Failure 88%
Brexit wasn't about economics. It was a culture of glorified defeat and shared self-harm.
by Fintan O'Toole 2018
4.11
2k+ ratings
🗳️ Brexit Analysis🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Nationalism🧠 Political Psychology
The Meaning of Everything
by Simon Winchester • 2003
A garden shed, an unpaid army, five million slips: the making of the Oxford English Dictionary.
3.99
5k+
📚 Lexicography📜 Historical Linguistics🙋 Volunteer Scholarship
The Meaning of Everything Summary
The Meaning of Everything 88%
A garden shed, an unpaid army, five million slips: the making of the Oxford English Dictionary.
by Simon Winchester 2003
3.99
5k+ ratings
📚 Lexicography📜 Historical Linguistics🙋 Volunteer Scholarship
The Secret Life of Words
by Anne Curzan • 2012
English stole a million words, hid their origins, and keeps changing the rules.
4.37
505
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Language History📖 Etymology📚 Lexicography
The Secret Life of Words Summary
The Secret Life of Words 87%
English stole a million words, hid their origins, and keeps changing the rules.
by Anne Curzan 2012
4.37
505 ratings
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Language History📖 Etymology📚 Lexicography
The Ultimate Guide To Ielts Writing
by Parthesh Thakkar • 2013
IELTS writing is scored against four rigid rubrics. Here is how to build to each one.
4.10
553
📝 Exam Preparation🎓 Academic Writing🏛️ Essay Structure
The Ultimate Guide To Ielts Writing Summary
The Ultimate Guide To Ielts Writing 87%
IELTS writing is scored against four rigid rubrics. Here is how to build to each one.
by Parthesh Thakkar 2013
4.10
553 ratings
📝 Exam Preparation🎓 Academic Writing🏛️ Essay Structure
Hotel Babylon
by Anonymous • 2004
Luxury hotels: everything's for sale, everyone steals, and the concierge has a guy for that.
3.62
3k+
🛎️ Service Industry ExposéS🎭 Anonymous Tell-Alls💸 Low-Wage Work
Hotel Babylon Summary
Hotel Babylon 87%
Luxury hotels: everything's for sale, everyone steals, and the concierge has a guy for that.
by Anonymous 2004
3.62
3k+ ratings
🛎️ Service Industry ExposéS🎭 Anonymous Tell-Alls💸 Low-Wage Work
Let's Talk in English
by Manish Gupta • 2015
Speak fluent English: unlock word origins, memory shortcuts, and the idioms native speakers use.
4.50
2
🗣️ English Learning📖 Vocabulary Building🧠 Mnemonics
Let's Talk in English Summary
Let's Talk in English 87%
Speak fluent English: unlock word origins, memory shortcuts, and the idioms native speakers use.
by Manish Gupta 2015
4.50
2 ratings
🗣️ English Learning📖 Vocabulary Building🧠 Mnemonics
The Sense of Style
by Steven Pinker • 2014
Why can't smart people write clearly? A cognitive scientist blames one mental blind spot.
4.04
9k+
✍️ Prose Style📖 Language Usage🏛️ Classic Prose
The Sense of Style Summary
The Sense of Style 87%
Why can't smart people write clearly? A cognitive scientist blames one mental blind spot.
by Steven Pinker 2014
4.04
9k+ ratings
✍️ Prose Style📖 Language Usage🏛️ Classic Prose
Studies in Words (Canto)
by C.S. Lewis • 1939
Why you misread old books: words like 'nature' and 'conscience' once meant something else entirely.
4.19
516
🏰 History Of English🌱 Semantic Change📜 Philology
Studies in Words (Canto) Summary
Studies in Words (Canto) 87%
Why you misread old books: words like 'nature' and 'conscience' once meant something else entirely.
by C.S. Lewis 1939
4.19
516 ratings
🏰 History Of English🌱 Semantic Change📜 Philology
1000 Years of Annoying the French
by Stephen Clarke • 2010
The Normans were Vikings. The guillotine was British. A thousand years of French history, corrected.
4.05
5k+
⚔️ Anglo-French Rivalry😂 Comic History📜 Revisionist History
1000 Years of Annoying the French Summary
1000 Years of Annoying the French 87%
The Normans were Vikings. The guillotine was British. A thousand years of French history, corrected.
by Stephen Clarke 2010
4.05
5k+ ratings
⚔️ Anglo-French Rivalry😂 Comic History📜 Revisionist History
How I Learnt to Speak in English?
by Neetu Sugandh
A self-taught path to fluent spoken English, starting with the vowel sounds textbooks skip.
4.00
6
🗣️ Spoken English🎤 Pronunciation📝 Grammar Fundamentals
How I Learnt to Speak in English? Summary
How I Learnt to Speak in English? 87%
A self-taught path to fluent spoken English, starting with the vowel sounds textbooks skip.
by Neetu Sugandh
4.00
6 ratings
🗣️ Spoken English🎤 Pronunciation📝 Grammar Fundamentals
Chavs
by Owen Jones • 2011
The British working class wasn't only abandoned. It was mocked so the abandonment felt deserved.
4.08
11k+
🇬🇧 British Class Politics🏷️ Class Prejudice🏭 Deindustrialization
Chavs Summary
Chavs 87%
The British working class wasn't only abandoned. It was mocked so the abandonment felt deserved.
by Owen Jones 2011
4.08
11k+ ratings
🇬🇧 British Class Politics🏷️ Class Prejudice🏭 Deindustrialization
Understanding and Using English Grammar
by Betty Schrampfer Azar • 1988
A workbook that builds English sentences from tense through clause to clear, connected ideas.
4.13
1k+
🏫 Esl Instruction📚 English Grammar✍️ Sentence Structure
Understanding and Using English Grammar Summary
Understanding and Using English Grammar 87%
A workbook that builds English sentences from tense through clause to clear, connected ideas.
by Betty Schrampfer Azar 1988
4.13
1k+ ratings
🏫 Esl Instruction📚 English Grammar✍️ Sentence Structure
Dreyer's English
by Benjamin Dreyer • 2019
A copy chief teaches the cuts, the commas, and the confidence to write clear, unstoppable prose.
4.34
9k+
✂️ Copyediting📖 Usage Guides📚 Style Guides
Dreyer's English Summary
Dreyer's English 87%
A copy chief teaches the cuts, the commas, and the confidence to write clear, unstoppable prose.
by Benjamin Dreyer 2019
4.34
9k+ ratings
✂️ Copyediting📖 Usage Guides📚 Style Guides
Fake Law
by The Secret Barrister • 2020
The legal myths Britain believes aren't random. They were built to weaken your access to justice.
4.18
5k+
🇬🇧 Uk Legal System⚖️ Access To Justice🛡️ Human Rights Law
Fake Law Summary
Fake Law 87%
The legal myths Britain believes aren't random. They were built to weaken your access to justice.
by The Secret Barrister 2020
4.18
5k+ ratings
🇬🇧 Uk Legal System⚖️ Access To Justice🛡️ Human Rights Law
1066 and all that
by W.C. Sellar • 1930
English history, misremembered: every event is a malapropism, every king is Good or Bad.
3.91
4k+
📜 Satirical History📚 Parody Textbook🇬🇧 British Humour
1066 and all that Summary
1066 and all that 87%
English history, misremembered: every event is a malapropism, every king is Good or Bad.
by W.C. Sellar 1930
3.91
4k+ ratings
📜 Satirical History📚 Parody Textbook🇬🇧 British Humour
The Perfect English Grammar Workbook
by Lisa McLendon • 2017
Stop second-guessing your commas. A grammar workbook built on practice, not intimidation.
4.11
157
📝 English Grammar📋 Usage Guides✍️ Writing Skills
The Perfect English Grammar Workbook Summary
The Perfect English Grammar Workbook 87%
Stop second-guessing your commas. A grammar workbook built on practice, not intimidation.
by Lisa McLendon 2017
4.11
157 ratings
📝 English Grammar📋 Usage Guides✍️ Writing Skills
Our Culture, What's Left of It
by Theodore Dalrymple • 2005
Abandoning moral judgment doesn't liberate the strong; it abandons the weak. A prison doctor's case.
4.14
2k+
🇬🇧 British Decline📰 Cultural Criticism⚖️ Moral Relativism
Our Culture, What's Left of It Summary
Our Culture, What's Left of It 87%
Abandoning moral judgment doesn't liberate the strong; it abandons the weak. A prison doctor's case.
by Theodore Dalrymple 2005
4.14
2k+ ratings
🇬🇧 British Decline📰 Cultural Criticism⚖️ Moral Relativism
How to Speak and Write Correctly
by Joseph Devlin • 1910
Why short words win: a 1910 guide to writing and speaking with force, clarity, and correctness.
3.62
2k+
🧱 Grammar Guides📐 Style Guides🗣️ Word Choice
How to Speak and Write Correctly Summary
How to Speak and Write Correctly 87%
Why short words win: a 1910 guide to writing and speaking with force, clarity, and correctness.
by Joseph Devlin 1910
3.62
2k+ ratings
🧱 Grammar Guides📐 Style Guides🗣️ Word Choice
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes
by Andrew Lycett • 2007
Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.
3.91
299
📚 Literary Biography👑 Victorian England🔍 Detective Fiction
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes 87%
Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.
by Andrew Lycett 2007
3.91
299 ratings
📚 Literary Biography👑 Victorian England🔍 Detective Fiction
English Grammar in Use With Answers
by Raymond Murphy • 1985
English grammar that works like a reference, not a textbook: look up the rule, practice, check.
4.32
2k+
📖 Grammar Reference📚 Self-Study🌍 Esl Resources
English Grammar in Use With Answers Summary
English Grammar in Use With Answers 87%
English grammar that works like a reference, not a textbook: look up the rule, practice, check.
by Raymond Murphy 1985
4.32
2k+ ratings
📖 Grammar Reference📚 Self-Study🌍 Esl Resources
Like, Literally, Dude
by Valerie Fridland • 2023
Vocal fry, um, and literally: the science that turns every grammar pet peeve into a feature.
3.85
925
🗣️ Sociolinguistics📖 Grammar And Usage🔄 Language Change
Like, Literally, Dude Summary
Like, Literally, Dude 87%
Vocal fry, um, and literally: the science that turns every grammar pet peeve into a feature.
by Valerie Fridland 2023
3.85
925 ratings
🗣️ Sociolinguistics📖 Grammar And Usage🔄 Language Change
Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses
by Frederick William Hamilton • 2011
Words have jobs. A primer that sorts them by function, and fixes the sentences they build.
3.74
168
🧱 Grammar Basics🗂️ Parts Of Speech📖 Traditional Grammar
Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses Summary
Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses 87%
Words have jobs. A primer that sorts them by function, and fixes the sentences they build.
by Frederick William Hamilton 2011
3.74
168 ratings
🧱 Grammar Basics🗂️ Parts Of Speech📖 Traditional Grammar
Heatwave
by John L. Williams • 2025
A record-breaking heatwave, a nation on the brink: how the summer of 1976 remade Britain.
3.89
134
📚 Social History🔍 Microhistory🚔 Race And Policing
Heatwave Summary
Heatwave 87%
A record-breaking heatwave, a nation on the brink: how the summer of 1976 remade Britain.
by John L. Williams 2025
3.89
134 ratings
📚 Social History🔍 Microhistory🚔 Race And Policing
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