• The story of a thousand years of argument about 'correct' English
• A world-renowned expert's personal view on the controversy
• Why the angst over apostrophes and the hysteria over hyphens?
• From the world's No. 1 language publisher
• Why we should say no to 'zero tolerance' in language

Readership: General readers interested in the English language

David Crystal, Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor

"Sensitive, balanced ... elegant, accessible, illuminating" - Times Education Supplement

"Illuminating" - The Guardian

1: Beginnings
2: Complications
3: Variations
4: Standards
5: Reformers
6: Borrowings
7: Courtiers
8: Rustics
9: Authors
10: Censurers
11: Protectors
12: Chaos
13: Authorities
14: Change
15: Grammar
16: Appropriateness
17: Incorrectness
18: Perspicuity
19: Clarity
20: Punctuation
21: Antecedents
22: Consequences
23: Context
24: Spelling
25: Elocution
26: Pronunciation
27: Institutions
28: Education
29: Climates
30: Future

Author David Crystal introduces 'The Fight for English' in this 'Meet the Author' video