More Nitty-Gritty Grammar: Another Not-So-Serious Guide to Clear Communication

Fine, Edith Hope

ISBN 10: 1580082289 / ISBN 13: 9781580082280

Published by Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, 2001

About this Item

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Seller Inventory # wbs8560642958

Bibliographic Details

• Title: More Nitty-Gritty Grammar: Another Not-So-Serious Guide to Clear Communication
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580082289
• ISBN 13: 9781580082280
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Like New
• Weight: 270 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Who or whom? Lay or lie? Conjunction, pronoun, predicate, or gerund? If such questions and terms leave you scratching your head, you need the hip and fun follow-up to NITTY-GRITTY GRAMMAR. With a new, easy-to-use alphabetical format and the same winning formula of wacky cartoons, off-the-wall examples, and catchy reminders, MORE NITTY-GRITTY GRAMMAR will help you sidestep common bloopers, untangle your malapropisms, secure those dangling modifiers, and teach you to speak and write with clarity and confidence.

About the Author

As "The Grammar Patrol," EDITH H. FINE and JUDITH P. JOSEPHSON have fielded grammar questions on radio shows nationwide. They are the authors of Nitty-Gritty Grammar and More Nitty-Gritty Grammar. Besides writing how-to books for adults, the authors have written award-winning biographies, science books, and picture books for children. They teach grammar and writing through San Diego State University's extension program, and live in Encinitas, California, with their families.

Judith Pinkerton Josephson is also the author of many books for children, including Mother Jones: Fierce Fighter for Workers' Rights, Allan Pinkerton: The Original Private Eye, and Growing up in Pioneer America. She is the co-author of Armando and the Blue Tarp School.