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Excellent read for copy editors and/or people who like language & grammar. If you don't want to read entire chapters about hyphens and apostrophes, probably not the book for you. But really, this is the most fun book about punctuation, grammar and usage I have read.
Representative quote: "'Fiddlesticks' is Scarlett O’Hara’s way of saying 'Fuck this shit.'"
If you identify really hard with the following quote, definitely read this book: "The awful truth about hyphens and copy editors is that if th ...more
Representative quote: "'Fiddlesticks' is Scarlett O’Hara’s way of saying 'Fuck this shit.'"
If you identify really hard with the following quote, definitely read this book: "The awful truth about hyphens and copy editors is that if th ...more
I enjoyed most of this book, although some of it got a little tedious. I especially liked the chapter about pencils. . . .
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Grammar gossip by a New Yorker editor. Great fun.
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This book is exactly as satisfying as you would imagine a book about grammar from a New Yorker editor might be; which is to say, your mileage, she may vary, but for me, a thumbs up.
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