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Copyright, 1921, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Published September, 1921
THE SCRIBNER PRESS
To
OTTO JESPERSEN
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CONTENTS
I Is the English Language Degenerat-
ing?
II What is Pure English?
III American English and British Eng-
lish
IV The Vicissitudes of the Vocabulary
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V The Latest Novelties in Language .
VI Newspaper English .
VII The Permanent Utility of Dialect
VIII A Confusion of Tongues
IX Learning a Language
X The Advertizer's Artful Aid
XI A Standard of Spoken English
XII Style from Several Angles
XIII Mark Twain and the Art of Writing
XIV One World-Language or Two?.
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