From The Guardian: David Crystal’s top ten books about the English language. I should read Bill Bryson’s Mother Tongue. I think it needs to go on my Christmas wish-list.

Books I own which prove my credentials (kind-of): * The Oxford Manual of Style – bought for work purposes when I wanted to freelance, and sat on my shelf at work. * The Elements of Style, Strunk & White – the style bible; my copy dates from the late 50s and was snatched from a [...]