Julia Gillen

I got this book out of the library because I was hoping that it would serve as a good general introduction (or in my case, refresher course) on the English language. It is an OU course book and I was aware of that when I took it out. Unfortunately, as a book for a general reader, it left quite a lot to be desired and it didn't really inspire me to take the course. For general English language writing, David Crystal's books are as informative and more palatable to the casual reader. For more specific interest areas, I would recommend taking out a specialist text on sociolinguistics or history of English. There are many that are better written than this offering.… (meer)