How many episodes does The Awful German Language by Mark Twain have?

The Awful German Language by Mark Twain has 16 episodes.

What topics does The Awful German Language by Mark Twain cover?

The Awful German Language by Mark Twain covers topics including: arts.

What language is The Awful German Language by Mark Twain in?

The Awful German Language by Mark Twain is in en-us.

The Awful German Language by Mark Twain

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This long essay is a work of mock philology, one of several appendices to Twain’s travel novel, A Tramp Abroad. In it, Twain explains, complains about, and shows how one might improve upon various aspects of the (awful) German language. His examples of precisely how the German language is awful include the famed “separable verb” – which allows one to put the first part of a given verb at the beginning – and its second part at the end – of a given clause or sentence (which may, indeed, be very lo...

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