A fly in the ointment? David Crystal assesses the influence of the King James Bible on the development of English.
To say that the King James Bible has been influential over the last 400 years is a statement of the obvious. But had you stopped to think about the significance of the King James Bible upon the English language?
A short, readable article has been written for the Oxford English Dictionary, by Professor David Crystal, author of a new book on this topic. Read it here.
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