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

O'Conner, Patricia T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573226254 ISBN 13: 9781573226257

Publisher: Riverhead Trade, 1998

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

Written by Patricia T. O'Conner, an editor at the New York Times Book Review, Woe Is I gives lighthearted, witty instruction on the subject most of us dreaded in school--grammar. Discussion is brief and concise, and much more engaging than the grammar books you may remember. With chapter titles such as "Woe is I: Therapy for Pronoun Anxiety," "Your Truly: The Possessive and the Possessed," "Verbal Abuse: Words on the Endangered List," "Comma Sutra; The Joy of Punctuation," and "Death Sentence: Do Cliches Deserve to Die?," O'Conner proves that even grammar can make for entertaining reading.

About the Author:

Patricia T. O'Conner is a senior copy editor at The New York Times Book Review who has written guest columns for William Safire. She has also conducted a grammar course for Times employees.

About this edition

• Publisher: Riverhead Trade
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1573226254
• ISBN 13: 9781573226257
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240