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Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English

by Patricia Oconner

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Publisher Comments:

The witty, bestselling grammar book that proved English could be fun is now revised, updated, and expanded. There are fresh dos and don'ts throughout, plus a whole new chapter on the ins and outs of e-mail. Woe Is I is a delightfully down-to-earth field guide for anyone who wants to communicate more clearly, in the real world or the virtual one. Help is here, in eleven charming chapters:
  • Woe Is I: Therapy for Pronoun Anxiety
  • Plurals Before Swine: Blunders with Numbers
  • Yours Truly: The Possessives and the Possessed
  • They Beg to Disagree: Putting Verbs in Their Place
  • Verbal Abuse: Words on the Endangered List
  • Comma Sutra: The Joy of Punctuation
  • The Compleat Dangler: A Fish out of Water
  • Death Sentence: Do Clichés Deserve to Die?
  • The Living Dead: Let Bygone Rules Be Gone
  • Saying Is Believing: How to Write What You Mean
  • E-Mail Intuition: Does Anything Go?

Review:

"While the volume is certainly handy to someone struggling with grammar basics...the "Verbal Abuse" section will appeal to language experts and purists." Booklist

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"Lighthearted and funny...It's like Strunk and White combined with S.J. Perelman." New York Times Book Review

Synopsis:

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. Plus a word to the wired-a whole new chapter on language in the age of e-mail.

Unlike, say, Latin, English is a living language-and, like all living things, it grows, it changes, and it can be messy and confusing. And now Woe Is I has grown and changed too. Here's the latest and greatest on the basics and subtleties of the language from America's beloved grammar guru Patricia T. O'Conner. 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. Run, don't walk, to your local bookstore.

Synopsis:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-232) and index.
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About the Author

Patricia T. 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.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781573222525
Subtitle:
The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English (Second Edition)
Author:
Oconner, Patricia
Author:
O'Connor, Patricia T.
Author:
O'Conner, Patricia T.
Publisher:
Riverhead Hardcover
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Grammar
Subject:
English language
Subject:
General Language Arts & Disciplines
Subject:
Grammar & Punctuation
Subject:
English language -- Grammar.
Subject:
English language -- Usage.
Copyright:
2003
Edition Description:
Expanded
Series Volume:
no. 1
Publication Date:
20030728
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
8.35x5.46x.90 in. .81 lbs.
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"Review" by , "While the volume is certainly handy to someone struggling with grammar basics...the "Verbal Abuse" section will appeal to language experts and purists."
"Review" by , "Lighthearted and funny...It's like Strunk and White combined with S.J. Perelman."
"Synopsis" by , 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. Plus a word to the wired-a whole new chapter on language in the age of e-mail.

Unlike, say, Latin, English is a living language-and, like all living things, it grows, it changes, and it can be messy and confusing. And now Woe Is I has grown and changed too. Here's the latest and greatest on the basics and subtleties of the language from America's beloved grammar guru Patricia T. O'Conner. 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. Run, don't walk, to your local bookstore.
"Synopsis" by , Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-232) and index.
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