It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences: A Writer`s Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences, Casagrande June

Автор: Casagrande, June
Название: Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies
ISBN: 0143036831 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143036838
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: What do suicidal pandas, doped-up rock stars, and a naked Pamela Anderson have in common? They re all a heck of a lot more interesting than reading about predicate nominatives and hyphens. June Casagrande knows this and has invented a whole new twist on the grammar book. Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies is a laugh-out-loud funny collection of anecdotes and essays on grammar and punctuation, as well as hilarious critiques of the self-appointed language experts.

Chapters include:

I m Writing This While Naked The Oh-So Steamy Predicate Nominative

Semicolonoscopy Colons, Semicolons, Dashes, and Other Probing Annoyances

I ll Take "I Feel Like a Moron" for $200, Alex When to Put Punctuation Inside Quotation Marks

Snobbery Up with Which You Should Not Put Up Prepositions

Is That a Dangler in Your Memo or Are You Just Glad to See Me?

Hyphens Life-Sucking, Mom-and-Apple-Pie-Hating, Mime-Loving, Nerd-Fight-Inciting Daggers of the Damned

Casagrande delivers practical and fun language lessons not found anywhere else, demystifying the subject and taking it back from the snobs. In short, it s a grammar book people will actually want to read just for the fun of it."

Автор: Casagrande, June
Название: Mortal Syntax
ISBN: 0143113321 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143113324
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Описание: The only fun, friendly, and surefire defense against the grammar snobs

Having already made a name for herself with Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies, now in its fifth printing, June Casagrande returns with Mortal Syntax, taking on the 101 most frequently attacked usage choices. Dedicating one short chapter to each, Casagrande brings her subject to life, teaching English usage through lively and amusing personal anecdotes. Mortal Syntax includes such chapters as:
? "I wish I was taller"
? "I am continuously watching Simpsons reruns"
? "Was it Horton that heard the Who?"

Casagrande's clear and concise lessons-with entertaining titles and themes-make a potentially prickly subject go down like a spoonful of sugar.