David Crystal’s top 10 books on the English language
Professor David Crystal is one the world’s foremost linguistic experts. His latest book, The Fight for English (published by OUP) assesses the debate over rights and wrongs in English usage, with examples from early modern English via Shakespeare and Samuel Johnson to our modern developments such as email and texting, and explains why he believes that when it comes to spelling and grammar, we should say no to zero tolerance. He chooses his favourite books on the English language.