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The Grouchy Grammarian: A How-Not-To Guide to the 47 Most Common Mistakes in English Made by Journalists, Broadcasters, and Others Who Should Know Better
Do you commit apostrophe atrocities? Are you tormented by the lie/lay conundrum? Do you find yourself stuck between floaters and danglers? Do your subjects and your verbs refuse to agree? If so, you're not alone. Some of the most prominent professionals in TV broadcasting and at major newspapers and magazines-people who really should know better-are guilty of making all-too-common grammatical errors. In this delightfully amusing, clever guide, Thomas Parrish points out real-life grammar gaffes from top-notch publications such as the New York Times and the New Yorker to illustrate just how widespread these errors are. With red pen in hand, Parrish's fictional friend the Grouchy Grammarian leads the charge, examining the forty-seven most common mistakes in English and imparting the basics of good grammar with a charming mixture of fussiness and common sense. All of which makes The Grouchy Grammarian the most entertaining, accessible how-not-to guide you'll ever read.… (más)
I read this as part of my ongoing research to hone my skills for a book I'm editing. Tangentially, it will improve my writing as well. The Grouch is particularly precise, and very demanding. He is far more persnickety than most other grammar sites and books that I've read. It all serves his overarching point, though, which is: think! A good lesson I've taken to heart. What shall I read next? ( )
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
I'm not working in architecture, I'm working in architecture as a language, and I think you have to have a grammar in order to have a language. You can use it, you know, for normal purposes, and speak in prose. And if you are good at that, you speak in wonderful prose. And if you are really good, you can be a poet. --Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, 1955
The English language is exquisite and a source of delight. --Joyce Carol Oates, 2001
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The Grouch and I | {i} | It wasn't any one thing that finally turned my old friend, the grouchy grammarian, into a strident activist.
The Grouch Relects |Though snarls and fulminations of all kinds represented a way of life for my friend, he didn't always live on the point of exploding.
Afterword | My first look at our local newspaper one Sunday morning gave me a glow of righteousness.
Using This Book | The Grouchy Grammarian is intended to be read for information and even for entertainment.
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Do you commit apostrophe atrocities? Are you tormented by the lie/lay conundrum? Do you find yourself stuck between floaters and danglers? Do your subjects and your verbs refuse to agree? If so, you're not alone. Some of the most prominent professionals in TV broadcasting and at major newspapers and magazines-people who really should know better-are guilty of making all-too-common grammatical errors. In this delightfully amusing, clever guide, Thomas Parrish points out real-life grammar gaffes from top-notch publications such as the New York Times and the New Yorker to illustrate just how widespread these errors are. With red pen in hand, Parrish's fictional friend the Grouchy Grammarian leads the charge, examining the forty-seven most common mistakes in English and imparting the basics of good grammar with a charming mixture of fussiness and common sense. All of which makes The Grouchy Grammarian the most entertaining, accessible how-not-to guide you'll ever read.
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