Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English, Second Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (730 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1573222526 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Arsen Azizyan said Useful and fun. This is an essential handbook for any grammar Nazi. Prepare to have many persistent doubts dispelled and nagging questions settled - not only about grammar and spelling, but also pronunciation (including that of the word "pronunciation"). This book will help you feel even more annoyingly superior to the uneducated unfortun. Clear, concise, helpful J. Fuhrman This is by far the best book on grammar I've ever read. Many are glorified glossaries (which can be good at times), but Woe is I provides you with information that is presented in a more narrative approach that helps you retain the information. However, the way the book is organized into small chunks within the chapters al. Pleasurable read, good advice "Woe is I" caught my eye in a bookstore, with its cutesy title, where it stood out against the dry, text-like grammar references in a quick scan. Patricia O'Conner did not disappoint, and her advice nearly always hits its mark for people who actually care about the finer points of grammar. The book is much more about gramm
Plus a word to the wired-a whole new chapter on language in the age of e-mail. And now Woe Is I has grown and changed too. The witty, bestselling grammar book that taught a nation better English is revised, updated, and e x p a n d e d for the new millennium, with fresh dos and don'ts in every chapter. She's renovated her classic, using plain English to un-tangle the knottiest of problems, skipping the kind of jargon that tempted you to cut your high school English class. Here's the latest and greatest on the basics and subtleties of the language from America's beloved grammar guru Patricia T. Run, don't walk, to your local bookstore.. Unlike, say, Latin, English is a living language-and, like all living things, it grows, it changes, and it can be messy and confusing. O'Conner
O'Conner, a former editor at the New York Times Book Review, has written for many magazines and newspapers. She is the author of two other books on language and writing, Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know About Writing and You Send Me: Getting It Right When You Write Online.
As for those who like to use dialogue as a verb, "Don't talk to them," O'Connor says. Commonsense stuff-but every once in a while, it's nice to be reminded. From Publishers Weekly The second edition of O'Connor's delightful guide to good English offers a new chapter on e-mail etiquette that ought to make many people-even grammar snobs-feel a tad guilty: "E-mail," she writes, "is no excuse for lousy English." Let your audience determine your attention to tone and mechanics; use salutations and signatures; resist the urge to indiscriminately forward mail; and leave those emoticons and abbreviations at home, she says. . When is "majority" plural, and when singular? How does saying "Trixie loves spaghetti more than I?" mean something completely different than "Trixie loves spaghetti more than me?" While the vo