Excerpt from Guide to American EnglishAs for the third point I can only say that recent developments in linguistic theory, fascinating as some of them are, do not seem to me likely to be very helpful to most instructors in teaching most classes. I have commented on some of these developments in more appropri ate places. Here I need only say that a trained linguist using this book will no doubt supplement it with material of his own, and that I am not vain enough to think I can create additional linguists by adding a few paragraphs.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.