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    <body><![CDATA[Yes, I like reading reference books, especially when I'm waiting for a book to arrive from Amazon. I picked it up looking for a few specific answers and then got interested in the whole thing. Helpful little book to brush up on those long forgotten grammar rules.    ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A great book - lots of grammar rules and tips, along with many hilarious examples.  A wonderful reference for any writer.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Some of my students really seemed to better understand the ideas I kept repeating to them from the few pages I copied and shared with them. I suggested that if this book's explanations made more sense to them, they should go online and purchase it. Of course, I told them that it is not an official t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45874787">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Written for middle school and high school students, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Painless Grammar" title=" Painless Grammar"> Painless Grammar</a> claims to be &quot;an enoyable, completely painless examination of parts of speech, sentence construction, and punctuation.&quot; On first glance it does appear fun to read, but in reality it's rather tedious. It does cover the ba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30395273">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The title definitely describes the book's content. This is a handy reference to keep on your shelf and it clearly explain s a lot of the grammar foibles so many of us make (darn you bad/badly)! I particularly like the section titled, &quot;The Top Goofs in Students' Writing.&quot; I may use some of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9560308">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Nice book that is obviously for kids. I didn't learn all that much new stuff but it was still nice to be refreshed.]]></body>
    
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