Mortal Syntax: 101 Language Choices that Will Get You Clobbered by the Grammar Snobs--Even If You're Right by June Casagrande
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- Pub. Date: March 2008
- 256pp
- Sales Rank: 524,451
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: March 2008
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Format: Paperback, 256pp
- Sales Rank: 524,451
- ISBN-13: 9780143113324
- ISBN: 0143113321
Synopsis
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.
Biography
June Casagrande is the author of the humorous grammar column A Word, Please, which appears in community newspapers in Southern California, Texas, and Florida. Her articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times and other publications.
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