Description
“Former New York Times Book Review editor and linguistic expert O’Conner…updates her bestselling guide to grammar, an invigorating and entertaining dissection of our ever-evolving language.” – Publishers Weekly
In this new edition of Woe Is I, Patricia T. O’Conner unties the knottiest grammar tangles and displays the same lively humor that has charmed and enlightened grateful readers for years. With new chapters on spelling and punctuation, and fresh insights into the rights, wrongs, and maybes of English grammar and usage, Woe Is I offers down-to-earth explanations and plain-English solutions to the language mysteries that bedevil all of us.Now fully updated, this funny and wise grammarphobe’s guide to better English features new chapters on spelling and pronunciation, and includes new do’s and don’ts from top to bottom.
Riverhead Books
Language Arts & Disciplines
Grammar & Punctuation
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Keywords: Grammar & Punctuation
