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020 _a9780199867356 (ebook) :
_cNo price
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050 4 _aPE64.C64
082 0 4 _a428.007150973
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100 1 _aBattistella, Edwin L.
245 1 0 _aDo you make these mistakes in English? : the story of Sherwin Cody's famous language school /
_h[electronic resource]
_cEdwin L. Battistella.
260 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2008.
300 _a1 online resource (x, 214 p.) :
_bill.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 8 _aLinguist Edwin Battistella tells the story of Sherwin Cody and his famous English course, situating both the man and the course in early-20th century cultural history. The author shows how Cody became a grammatical entrepreneur and mass-marketer whose ads asked 'Is Good English Worth 25 Cents to You?'.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
600 1 0 _aCody, Sherwin,
_d1868-1959.
650 0 _aEnglish teachers
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aBusinesspeople
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aLanguage and culture
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aCorrespondence schools and courses
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xRhetoric
_xStudy and teaching.
776 0 8 _iPrint version
_z9780195367126
856 4 0 _3Oxford scholarship online
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195367126.001.0001
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_cBK
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