Quotes by Henry Hitchings

About Henry Hitchings:

Henry Hitchings is an author, reviewer and critic, specializing in narrative non-fiction, with a particular emphasis on language and cultural history. The second of his five books, The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English, won the 2008 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.
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Language is a social energy, and our capacity for articulate speech is the key factor that makes us different from other species. We are not as fast as cheetahs – or even as horses. Nor are we as strong as bulls or as adaptable as bacteria. But our...

Henry Hitchings

The history of prescriptions about English ... is in part a history of bogus rules, superstitions, half-baked logic, groaningly unhelpful lists, baffling abstract statements, false classifications, contemptuous insiderism and educational malfeasance....

Henry Hitchings

Author Bio

  • NameHenry Hitchings
  • DescriptionBritish critic
  • BornDecember 11, 1974
  • ProfessionWriter
  • AwardsJohn Llewellyn Rhys Prize