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Arlene Miller

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in Winthrop, Massachusetts, The United States

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http://www.bigwords101.com

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I have written eleven grammar books: The Best Little Grammar Book Ever, Correct Me If I'm Wrong, Beyond Worksheets, The Great Grammar Cheat Sheet, The Best Grammar Workbook Ever, Fifty Shades of Grammar, The Second Edition of The Best Little Grammar Book Ever, The Best Little Grammar Workbook Ever, Does Your Flaming Flamenco, and The Best Little Grammar Collection Ever, and To Comma or Not to Comma. My books are aimed at an audience from about 6th grade through adult. I recently left teaching after 11 years as a middle school English teacher. I now concentrate on my business full time. My company, bigwords101, conducts grammar/writing workshops and presentations for corporations and other groups; sends out a weekly grammar blog; and publish ...more

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Looking Back Part 3 — California and Beyond

California and Beyond –

So at the beginning of April 1993, my ex-husband, my four-year-old son, my recently turned six-year-old daughter and I arrived in Petaluma, California. It is the southernmost town in Sonoma County, just north of Marin County, and about 40 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Population around 70,000. Beautiful old downtown.

We rented a nice house (that we could not afford

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	The Best Grammar Workbook Ever 3.95 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best Little Grammar Book Ever!: 101 Ways to Impress With Your Writing and Speaking 4.38 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Comma or Not to Comma: The Best Little Punctuation Book Ever! 4.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best Little Grammar Book Ever!: Speak and Write with Confidence/Avoid Common Mistakes 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Correct Me If I'm Wrong: Getting Your Grammar, Punctuation, and Word Usage Right! 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best Little Grammar Workbook Ever! 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Grammar "Cheat Sheet": 50 Grammar, Punctuation, Writing, and Word Usage Tips You Can Use Now 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Does Your Flamingo Flamenco? The Best Little Dictionary of Confusing Words and Malapropisms 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fifty Shades of Grammar: Scintillating and Saucy Sentences, Syntax, and Semantics from The Grammar Diva 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 11 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond Worksheets: Creative Lessons for Teaching Grammar in Middle School and High School. 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Someone, everyone, anyone, no one, everybody, nobody, anybody, somebody, something, everything, anything, nothing, each, either, and neither are some common indefinite pronouns that are singular. They always use a singular verb (for example, is rather than are).”
― Arlene Miller, The Best Little Grammar Book Ever!: Speak and Write with Confidence/Avoid Common Mistakes

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