tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post2872263936552958753..comments2024-03-14T10:31:26.918+00:00Comments on DCblog: On bringing books back from the graveDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-65243155162819645452013-04-10T08:56:45.003+00:002013-04-10T08:56:45.003+00:00Words on Words is now available as an ebook, with ...Words on Words is now available as an ebook, with search facilities, on the new website, as from today.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-17941140618713891862013-04-08T05:54:25.234+00:002013-04-08T05:54:25.234+00:00Good day, sir. I never knew you had a blog until t...Good day, sir. I never knew you had a blog until this morning when I saw your name listed among the recommended blogs on Language 52. I fell in love with you after I read 'English As A Global Language' in my school library (but I must confess I did some photocopy of it, I'm sorry for this --I could not find the book here in Nigeria). In fact, I have made you my role-model since then. <br /> EAAGL has inspired me to write an article and I still use it as reference books. I anm in my village for a break now, but I will like to buy your WoW when it comes out. I love you because of your writings. Thank you and God bless!<br /> WaleNigeriakanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171396990604819500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-1973912975906441862013-03-05T22:13:31.412+00:002013-03-05T22:13:31.412+00:00Dear David,
To begin with, I really liked this pos...Dear David,<br />To begin with, I really liked this post. I am a big fan of your work, and it's a shame that all of your books cannot be found in my country. This is a great opportunity for us to read these books and I just wanted to let you know that you have done a great thing! I am not a fan of e-books but due to the circumstances mentioned above, this is the only way for me to find them. Thanks again for everything you have written and thus enabled students in Serbia to understand linguistics and the English language in a completely new and wonderful way!<br />Kind Regards, <br />SanjaSanjanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-33819819417602377392013-03-03T15:52:50.714+00:002013-03-03T15:52:50.714+00:00Thanks for that link.Thanks for that link.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-27739368300155418692013-03-02T18:35:19.552+00:002013-03-02T18:35:19.552+00:00Kory Stamper has an excellent post on grammar and ...Kory Stamper has an excellent <a href="http://korystamper.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/a-plea-for-sanity-this-national-us-grammar-day/" rel="nofollow">post</a> on grammar and National Grammar Day (it's a US thing), which I commend to everyone's attention.languagehathttp://www.languagehat.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-22864580665194737772013-03-02T11:00:04.579+00:002013-03-02T11:00:04.579+00:00As you can imagine, WoW was the largest and most c...As you can imagine, WoW was the largest and most complicated book to input, but it's done now, and we hope to have it accessible in a couple of weeks.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-60405514068279735592013-03-01T19:46:01.480+00:002013-03-01T19:46:01.480+00:00Can't wait to get a copy of Words on Words!Can't wait to get a copy of Words on Words!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341330140084823857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-71181855229476806802013-03-01T11:40:42.679+00:002013-03-01T11:40:42.679+00:00Thanks for writing about this.
This post made me...Thanks for writing about this. <br /><br />This post made me think of how I was taught grammar in India when I was in school, about 20-25 years ago. English as a subject was divided into Literature and Language, and the Language section was all about its use and the development of what I now think of as a "grammar instinct". We did a lot of "exercises" (examples that showed different sorts of usage), often using samples from an old old grammar book called "High School English Grammar and Composition" or something like that by Wren and Martin. The emphasis in our school was always on using things correctly, not the names and rules. As a result, I don't always know the grammatical labels but have a very good ear for grammar, much better than many native speakers. vasudhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476400605251566161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-6699524004038618002013-03-01T09:22:29.562+00:002013-03-01T09:22:29.562+00:00Thanks for this notification. It's a puzzle, a...Thanks for this notification. It's a puzzle, as some people are finding the link OK, but I just tried it and it produces a blank for me too. Nothing wrong with my HTML. So I've added the URL for those for whom the link doesn't work.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-69429307203964564482013-03-01T08:01:59.629+00:002013-03-01T08:01:59.629+00:00Hello!
Books going out of print is indeed a proble...Hello!<br />Books going out of print is indeed a problem, a little surprising with the e-book hype, but it seems as if the "popular" books exist on all platforms both analogue and digital whereas older or less spread books are doomed to dark oblivion.<br />Anyhow this comment was actually just to tell you that the link to the books in you last paragraph does not appear to work.<br />Kind Regards,<br />ElisabetElisabet Tiseliushttp://interpretings.netnoreply@blogger.com