The Joy of English: 100 illuminating conversations about the English language

摘要

Those who have been put off improving their use of the English language by pedants and coma-inducing teachers who talked of gerunds and genitive forms have nothing to fear from this book and everything to learn. As its title suggests, the English language is a joy, and the author's enthusiasm to enable the reader to share in this is apparent from the start. There is nothing here of the chalk-tossing Latin master; this book feels like a conversation between equals, one that the reader can engage with and learn from right away.