Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme--And Other Oddities of the English Language

by Arika Okrent

For anyone who has ever wondered why English is so weird, an entertaining and expert tour of the most puzzling parts of our language.

Maybe you've been speaking English all your life, or maybe you learned it later on. But whether you use it just well enough to get your daily business done, or you're an expert with a red pen who never omits a comma or misplaces a modifier, you must have noticed that there are some things about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197760910
• ISBN13: 9780197760918
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 7.9"