The Story of Be —— A Verb's-Eye View of the English Language

----- Be的故事: 通过一个动词来探讨英语语言

ISBN: 9780198791096 出版年：2017 页码：206 Crystal, David Oxford University Press

It's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: 'to be'. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any other English word. As he reveals be's multiple incarnations, David Crystal takes us to the heart of our flexible and changing language, with the help of wonderfully entertaining examples and cartoons.