Americans: Dwellers in a Polyglot Boardinghouse

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Socrates: Did you see the March 12 essay in the New York Times about the glories of multilingualism in America?

Aristophanes: Of course I did. By Ross Perlin, the linguist. I cut it out and filed it away.

Bryan A. Garner

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Bryan A. Garner

Bryan A. Garner is the author of The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation, Garner’s Modern English Usage, and The HBR Guide to Better Business Writing.

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