false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171591779m/108837.jpg 108837 3 Shrek? Earwax-flavored jelly beans? Poems about meatballs? Who on earth would use all these to explain the rules of grammar? Must be Patricia T. O'Conner! <P> Just like <i>Woe Is I,</i> her national bestseller for adults, the junior version uses simple language and entertaining examples to make good English fun. Hey, nobody ever said grammar has to gruesome or gross or grim. How gratifying! O'Conner explores once-thorny problems in chapters like these: <P> <P>"I" Witness: When Words Need Stand-ins<P> <P>Plurals Before Swine: Sometimes There's More Than One<P> <P>Yours Truly: Possessives and the Possessed<P> <P>Action Figures: Words That Do the Work<P> <P>Small Miracles: Incredible Shrinking Words<P> <P>Casting a Spell: How to Be Letter Perfect<P> <P>Connecting the Dots: All About Punctuation<P> Calling all grammarphobes! This is one reference book you'll enjoy pulling off the shelf. It will have you laughing while you learn. <P> 104888 10 5 2007 Woe is I Jr.: The Younger Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English total:13|5:2|4:4|3:5|2:1|1:1| 13 44 38 8 0 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 09:08:14 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 09:08:25 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 13:26:03 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 13:28:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 07 07:45:46 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 07:47:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Aug 28 18:52:04 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 18:56:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 11 19:57:28 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 25 19:43:59 -0800 2008
On page 99, they wrote that usually a goes before a vowel or soft sound, and an goes before a consenant or hard sound. Hmmm....]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 11:16:58 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 11:20:18 -0700 2008 Sadly, the students who most need this book are the least likely to read it!
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