Patricia T. O'Conner

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The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English

"Lovers of the language, unite! You have nothing to lose but your niggling worries if you're haunted by whiches, all tensed up, or baffled by whose and who's." "Woe Is I is a survival guide for people who want a clear, simple, elegant introduction to good usage. Charming, amusing, sensible, modern, this book is a gift of clarity and good humor." "Most of us don't know a gerund from a gerbil and don't care, but we like to speak and write as though we did. Grammar is mysterious to each of us in a different way. Some very smart people mess up pronouns, and there are brilliant souls who can't spell. Many people can't tell the difference between it's and its. Others go out of their way to avoid using quotation marks. Whatever your particular boo-boo, Woe Is I can help you fix it without hitting you over the head with a lot of technical jargon. No heavy lifting, no assembly required."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Her commonsense approach is as entertaining as it is instructive. O'Conner has written a nifty guidebook to modern grammar that affectionately elbows the reader on every page.

G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1996, 227 pages

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The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English(Third Edition)

It's been called 'possibly the most popular book on grammar ever published.' Now the witty bestseller that took the nation by storm is back in a revised, expanded edition with new dos and don'ts from top to bottom.

In this new Woe Is I, Patricia T. O'Conner displays the same fresh, irreverent humor that has charmed hundreds of thousands of readers. There are new chapters on spelling and pronunciation, and updates throughout. But you'll find the same down-to-earth explanations in clear, plain English - the same sensible solutions to the grammar mysteries that bug even the best of us. O'Conner manages to unscramble the most complicated problems in simple, easyto- swallow language. So you won't encounter the kind of intimidating terminology that made you want to skip your high school English class. This funny, wise, and indispensable guide shows readers how to-

avoid the persistent grammatical errors that tie everyone - even presidents! - in knots
watch their tongues and learn to pronounce commonly mangled words
correctly use dozens of much-abused words and phrases Whatever your problem - intimidated by possessives? puzzled over pronouns? clueless about how to say 'banal'? - the updated Woe Is I provides witty, jargon-free answers to all your questions about the basics as well as the subtleties of grammar, style, and usage. No wonder The Atlanta Journal-Constitution called O'Conner's classic 'the best primer on English usage to come along since Strunk and White's The Elements of Style.'

There are 3 pages that have highlights. The rest of the book is clean and crisp!

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The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English (Fourth Edition)

A revised and updated edition of the iconic grammar guide for the 21st century. In this expanded and updated edition of Woe Is I, former editor at The New York Times Book Review Patricia T. O'Conner unties the knottiest grammar tangles with the same insight and humor that have charmed and enlightened readers of previous editions for years. With fresh insights into the rights, wrongs, and maybes of English grammar and usage, O'Conner offers in Woe Is I down-to-earth explanations and plain-English solutions to the language mysteries that bedevil all of us. "Books about English grammar and usage are... never content with the status quo," O'Conner writes. "That's because English is not a stay-put language. It's always changing--expanding here, shrinking there, trying on new things, casting off old ones... Time doesn't stand still and neither does language." In this fourth edition, O'Conner explains how the usage of an array of words has evolved. For example, the once-shunned "they," "them," and "their" for an unknown somebody is now acceptable. And the battle between "who" and "whom" has just about been won, O'Conner says (hint: It wasn't by "whom"). Then there's the use of "taller than me" in simple comparisons, instead of the ramrod-stiff "taller than I." "May" and "might," "use to" and "used to," abbreviations that use periods and those that don't, and the evolving definition of "unique" are all explained here by O'Conner. The result is an engaging, up-to-date and jargon-free guide to every reader's questions about grammar, style, and usage for the 21st century.

Tennessee

A grammar reference for middle-grade students shares accessible guidelines organized under such chapter names as "Incredible Shrinking Words," in a lighthearted guide that pairs English-language rules with whimsical instructional elements.

Woe Is I Jr - The Younger Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English

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In a witty, non-technical guide to English grammar and style, a former editor at The New York Times Book Review reveals the underlying logic of the language with the help of hilarious examples organized according to specific problems. Reprint.

What Everyone Who Writes Should Know about Writing

A guide to proper writing offers advice on organizing ideas, formulating sentences, following grammatical rules, and using verbs and adjectives.

Words Fail Me

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The front cover bows (see image) but book is clean with little to know wear and tear.

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Book is in fantastic condition. Very minor wear and tear to the edges and corners. Spine is tight. Overall looks like book has never been read.

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The bestselling grammar book has been updated and revised to include the latest and greatest on the basics and subtleties of English, and features a new chapter on the language of the Internet.

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