Conversation

Sometimes a conversation is so easy and engaging, you wish it didn’t have to end. Sometimes it’s so awkward or difficult that you’re desperately looking for an out after just a few minutes. What’s the difference between good conversation and bad? Also, are you good at conversation or not? David Crystal is one of the world’s top experts on English language. He’s a linguist who’s taught at the University of Reading in the UK. He wrote The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, if that tells you anything about his expertise. His book is “Let’s Talk: How English Conversation Works.”