As a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book, and the two c

The rich variety of the English vocabulary reflects the vast number of words it has taken from other languages. These range from Latin, Greek, Scandinavian, Cel

This book shows how, when, and why English took words from other languages and explains how to find their origins and reasons for adoption. It covers the effect

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