Full name: Woe is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English

Author: Patricia T. O'Conner Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: Amazon LibraryThing Goodreads ISBNs: 9781573223317 157322331X

In this new edition of Woe Is I, Patricia T. O’Conner unties the knottiest grammar tangles and displays the same lively humor that has charmed and enlightened grateful readers for years. With new chapters on spelling and punctuation, and fresh insights into the rights, wrongs, and maybes of English grammar and usage, Woe Is I offers down-to-earth explanations and plain-English solutions to the language mysteries that bedevil all of us:    • Avoid the persistent (and persistently embarrassing) grammatical errors that bewilder the best andthe brightest    • Pronounce and spell words that even the smartest people mangle    • Correctly use hundreds of woefully abused words and phrases Similar books: The Transitive Vampire by Karen Elizabeth Gordon The Deluxe Transitive Vampire by Karen Elizabeth Gordon The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need by Susan Thurman The Glamour of Grammar by Roy Peter Clark The Elements of Grammar by Margaret Shertzer The Handbook of Good English by Edward D. Johnson The Grouchy Grammarian by Thomas Parrish The Elephants of Style by Bill Walsh Common Errors in English Usage by Paul Brians Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing by Mignon Fogarty Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog by Kitty Burns Florey The Grammar Devotional by Mignon Fogarty Mortal Syntax by June Casagrande Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students by Mignon Fogarty