Choice of Words in English Page 2

HOW TO SPEAK AND WRITE CORRECTLY by JOSEPH DEVLIN, M.A. CHAPTER XIII Page 2: CHOICE OF WORDS From the mere fact that a word is short it does not follow that it is always clear, but it is true that nearly all clear words are short, and that most of the long words, especially those … Read more

Origin of the English Language

HOW TO SPEAK AND WRITE CORRECTLY by JOSEPH DEVLIN, M.A. CHAPTER XIV: ENGLISH LANGUAGE Beginning, Different Sources and The Present The English language is the tongue now current in England and her colonies throughout the world and also throughout the greater part of the United States of America. It sprang from the German tongue spoken … Read more

English Authors and English Literature

HOW TO SPEAK AND WRITE CORRECTLY by JOSEPH DEVLIN, M.A. CHAPTER XV: MASTERS AND MASTERPIECES OF LITERATURE Great Authors, Classification and The World’s Best Books. The Bible is the world’s greatest book. Apart from its character as a work of divine revelation, it is the most perfect literature extant. Leaving out the Bible the three … Read more