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		jacobolus on Feb 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Who Did This? (2017) Let me recommend people interested in words check out C.S. Lewis’s book Studies in Words https://amzn.com/B01GEROZMQ/, which takes a handful of words and extends their analysis far beyond anything you could find in a comprehensive dictionary. People might also get some use out of Garner’s Modern American Usage https://amzn.com/0195382757. DFW sorta-review https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/HarpersMagazine-2001-...

beerandt on Feb 9, 2020 [–]

In a slightly different direction, there's also The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson, which is more of a humourous explanation of English quirks.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29.The_Mother_Tongue

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