Language Books - Review

Language Books by Ben Yagoda and David Crystal - Books - Review - New York Times

WHEN YOU CATCH AN ADJECTIVE, KILL IT
The Parts of Speech, for Better and/or Worse.
By Ben Yagoda.
241 pp. Broadway Books. $21.95.

THE FIGHT FOR ENGLISH
How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left.
By David Crystal.
239 pp. Oxford University Press. $19.95.