How long does it take to read The Structure of American English?
W. Nelson Francis
The Structure of American English by W. Nelson Francis takes about 11 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 15 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1958. 614 pages, about 168,850 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Americanisms, Grammar, Dialects, Ingles (Lingua), Anglais (Langue), Grammaire
