Exercises in the History of English

The authors of this reprinted selection from the 1970 Random House English Then and Now by the same authors, have made every effort to provide the kind of inductive experience essential to a firm, soundly based understanding of the development ofthe English language and to a judicious assessment of its present state...It is here that their long and successful experience as teachers of contemporary English and of its forerunners shows to remarkable advantage. Pedagogically resourceful and theoretically sound, this book provides an engaging adventure... -- Albert H. Marckwardt, Princeton University The authors of this reprinted selection from the 1970 Random House English Then and Now by the same authors, have made every effort to provide the kind of inductive experience essential to a firm, soundly based understanding of the development of the English language and to a judicious assessment of its present state...It is here that their long and successful experience as teachers of contemporary English and of its forerunners shows to remarkable advantage. Pedagogically resourceful and theoretically sound, this book provides an engaging adventure... -- Albert H. Marckwardt, Princeton University