Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Week 5 EC

The story that I found on this website is about the author of the dictionary.  I learned through reading the story that Henry Watson Fowler was the leading author behind the "Dictionary of Modern English Usage" (1926).   Fowler believed that sentences that do not end in prepositions were “more graceful as well as more perspicuous.”  I also learned that Fowler played a role in establishing the difference between "that" and "which."  I believe this reading is beneficial to others in the sense that it provides a pleasant background of the most commonly referenced book in Western existence aside from the Bible.  I would say that Fowler's efforts have proven to be of great service to each and every English speaking person that needs to exercise their linguistic capabilities.

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