Says who? : a kinder, funner usage guide for everyone who cares about words
Record details
- ISBN: 0593444094
- ISBN: 9780593444092
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Physical Description:
xiv, 319 pages : illustrations, charts ; 22 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Part 1. Who's in charge here? : Inner grammando vs. inner wordie showdown ; Ain't: what get's into dictionaries, and how ; Double negatives: how rules become rules ; "PC" language: why emotions run high -- Part 2. What does that word mean? : The funnest chapter ; Verbing ; Feeling hopeful about hopefully ; Quite literally ; Because like ; Gender-neutral chairs -- Part 3. What's the difference? : Ask, aks, and asterisk ; Counting less/fewer things ; Data and other disputed plurals ; Different from/than between and among ; Driving safe or safely ; Well, I'm good ; Having proved or proven it -- Part 4. Which pronoun to pick? : The singularity of they ; For who(m) the bell tolls ; Between you and me/I/myself ; None is/are confusing ; Which-hunting -- Part 5. Where does that punctuation go? : Commas, commas, and commas ; Rolling stops with semicolons ; The wild west of dashes and hyphens ; When it's its and other apostrophe conundrums ; Bequeathing capital letters -- Part 6. How stylish is that sentence : To boldly split infinitives ; Prepositions not to end a sentence with ; When and can start a sentence ; The perceived danger of danglers ; Passives were corrected ; Why writing doesn't "flow" -- Epilogue: navigating grammandos and good sense. |
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Subject: | English language Grammar English language Usage |
Genre: | Illustrated works. Informational works. Instructional and educational works. |
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Memorial: In Memory Of: Helen Sparkman Brandt. Presented By: The Cane Creek Community Club.
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