TY  - BOOK
AU  - Battistella,Edwin L.
TI  - Do you make these mistakes in English?: the story of Sherwin Cody's famous language school 
SN  - 9780199867356 (ebook) :
AV  - PE64.C64 
U1  - 428.007150973 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Cody, Sherwin,
KW  - English teachers
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Businesspeople
KW  - Language and culture
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Correspondence schools and courses
KW  - English language
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Study and teaching
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Linguist Edwin Battistella tells the story of Sherwin Cody and his famous English course, situating both the man and the course in early-20th century cultural history. The author shows how Cody became a grammatical entrepreneur and mass-marketer whose ads asked 'Is Good English Worth 25 Cents to You?'
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195367126.001.0001
ER  -