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"Teatime with Mrs. Grammar Person"-on Kindle now!

Now available on Kindle, dear ones, your favorite grammarian, Mrs. Grammar Person, imparting her humor and wisdom for only 99 cents!

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Published on January 07, 2015 10:20 Tags: barbara-venkataraman, grammar, humor, mrs-grammar-person, punctuation

Free on Amazon through 4/12: "Teatime with Mrs. Grammar Person" :-)

Free on Amazon through 4/12: "Teatime with Mrs. Grammar Person" :-)

My new book, "Teatime with Mrs. Grammar Person" is free through 4/12 on Amazon Kindle, check it out!

Fear not, Gentle Writer, Mrs. Grammar Person is here and she has the answers to all of the questions you never thought to ask. As a dedicated and serious grammarian, she will do what it takes to be entertaining and enlightening, but never vulgar or coarse. Heavens, no! Where are her smelling salts? Warm and witty, Mrs. G.P. makes grammar interesting with rhyming, wishful thinking, story-telling and a champagne toast. You are cordially invited to join her for a spot of tea!

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Mrs. Grammar Person is having a banner week!

Mrs. Grammar Person is pleased to announce that she is having a very good week indeed. Not only is her book "Teatime with Mrs. Grammar Person" coming out in paperback next week, but, in addition, she was featured in not one, not two, but three blogs this week! Check out these fun blogs and don't forget to order your copy of Teatime next week!

Thanks, Sally!

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpre...

Thanks, Bee!

https://beehalton.com/2016/06/09/the-...

Thanks, Annie!

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They Should Have Read "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" :-)

Fellow Grammarians, rejoice! Your devotion to the rules of Grammar, your delight in punctuation used properly has been vindicated! Those of us in the know don't need to be told the power of a comma, its ability to conquer kingdoms. Why, just examine this famous example:

A woman without her man is nothing.

Now, replace the commas where they were so callously removed:

A woman, without her, man is nothing.

Ah! So much better.

In today's grammar news, the mighty comma has rewarded the grammar purists. A Maine court settled a grammar debate over serial commas with a ruling on overtime pay for dairy truck drivers!

https://qz.com/932004/the-oxford-comm...

For further edification and a load of laughs, I recommend: "Eats, Shoots & Leaves", by Lynne Truss. My version came with a grammar repair kit in the back, a page of stickers that included apostrophes and commas for emergencies. I immediately used one of the apostrophes to correct a wooden sign in my son's room that read: "Surfs up" Shudder! Now, if I could only climb a 20 foot ladder and correct the sign of a nearby business: "Carls Patio Furniture", my life would be complete.

Love to all! Mrs. Grammar Person
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