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The Treasure of Our Tongue: The Story of English from Its Obscure Beginnings to Its Present Eminence as the Most Widely Spoken Language (Hardcover)

~ Lincoln Kinnear Barnett (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; 1st edition (January 1964)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0394449428
  • ISBN-13: 978-0394449425
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,007,355 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional, October 31, 2006
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As a lawyer, language is a tool. This book takes your education and brings it up a notch. I enjoyed its insights and wouldn't part with it.

On page 144-145 it explains where the legal profession got the odd suffix "ee." Thus, offeror and offeree, trustee, bailee and so on is based on the French accented "e."

The history here is worth more than any grammar book. It tells the story of our grammar and etymology in a way that no text book can tell it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Shines Light on Our Marvelous Language, September 9, 2008
Lincoln Barnett's The Treasure of Our Tongue is my all time favorite non-fiction book. Within its pages sing the beauty of the world's lingua franca--English. Must read for anyone who wishes to master the tongue of William Shakespeare.
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