false \ 14106 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg 14106 2 16189 28 3 2006 Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies: A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite total:161|5:43|4:55|3:45|2:12|1:6| 161 600 336 45 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 4 2 false Sat Jul 07 20:38:42 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:54:43 -0800 2009
Short, cute ...more...]]> 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 3 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 19:28:56 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 15:42:07 -0700 2007 Eats, Shoots and Leaves, but I was disappointed in this. And I get that it was an anti-grammar snob book, but isn't that a bit hypocritical for the author of a, you know, book about correct grammar usage? Skip the weak humor unles...more...]]> 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 2 0 false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 13:38:48 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 13:50:32 -0700 2009 When Bad Christians Happen to Good People didn't do much for me either.

I did learn two things from this book.

One, grizzly bears were so named because brown grizzlies have silver-tipped fur. So refer...more...]]> 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 4 1 false Sat May 26 10:39:23 -0700 2007 Sat May 26 10:40:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 2 1 false Thu Oct 04 18:39:45 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 11:24:31 -0700 2007 more...]]> 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 3 1 false Sat Jan 12 20:52:10 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 20:53:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 4 0 false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 14:34:22 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 11:48:55 -0700 2009
Some might say that she dwelled on the "Meanies" too much, and she did. But that was her point...

Some might say that it's ironic that she herself is giving us grammar guidelines, and yet urging us to show those meanies who's boss by b...more...]]> 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 1 1 false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 08:25:59 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 03:41:30 -0700 2009
In addition to having to read through page after page of trying-too-hard-to-be-funny text and examples, the book is neither well organized nor particularl...more...]]> 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 5 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 21:09:31 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 09 13:13:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 3 0 false Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 07:26:22 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 12:58:21 -0700 2008
The first thing that really struck me about this book is that Casagrande either misread, or deliberately distorted, Lynne Truss' take on the Oxford comma. After that, I started viewing the book with a great deal of skept...more...]]> 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 4 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 22:24:18 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 22:39:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 0 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 21:54:24 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 21:58:49 -0800 2009 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 3 0 false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 01 08:12:27 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 18 13:35:11 -0700 2009
If you liked Eats Shoots and Leaves, you'll like this.
Especially if you speak American English.]]> 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 4 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jul 26 07:32:28 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 07:32:39 -0700 2009 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 5 0 false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 12 20:19:14 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 20:21:27 -0800 2009 3
I love this book!!!!]]> 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 5 1 false Thu Jul 10 22:52:59 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 23:01:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 3 0 false Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 10:33:13 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 19:28:39 -0700 2008 I don't know.

I finished this book in a day, reading bits and pieces on the train and subway and so forth. I knew a lot of the information already, and the book confirmed stuff I thought I knew but wasn't sure about, but it didn't teach me anything else.

If it had...more...]]> 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 5 0 false Mon Mar 16 05:00:16 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 05:00:36 -0700 2009 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 3 0 false Wed Apr 15 12:31:19 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 10:32:48 -0700 2009 14106 0143036831 9780143036838 158 45 3.73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575969m/14106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14106.Grammar_Snobs_Are_Great_Big_Meanies_A_Guide_to_Language_for_Fun_and_Spite 0 0 false Sat Jul 05 14:18:11 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 14:26:11 -0700 2008
I know that many people have found Grammar Snobs helpful; that's good. And...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=14106