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    Mortal Syntax

    101 Language Choices That Will Get You Clobbered by the Grammar Snobs--Even If You're Right

    Author June Casagrande
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    $27.00 US
    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Books
    5.06"W x 7.03"H x 0.54"D   | 7 oz | 54 per carton
    On sale Mar 25, 2008 | 256 Pages | 9780143113324
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    The only fun, friendly, and surefire defense against the grammar snobs

    Having already made a name for herself with Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies, now in its fifth printing, June Casagrande returns with Mortal Syntax, taking on the 101 most frequently attacked usage choices. Dedicating one short chapter to each, Casagrande brings her subject to life, teaching English usage through lively and amusing personal anecdotes. Mortal Syntax includes such chapters as:
    ? "I wish I was taller"
    ? "I am continuously watching Simpsons reruns"
    ? "Was it Horton that heard the Who?"

    Casagrande's clear and concise lessons-with entertaining titles and themes-make a potentially prickly subject go down like a spoonful of sugar.
    JUNE CASAGRANDE is a veteran journalist and syndicated columnist. She is the author of Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies and Mortal Syntax (Penguin). She is a former Los Angeles Times staff reporter, and her “A Word, Please” grammar column currently appears in several community news sections. She has also studied improvisational comedy with renowned troupes the Groundlings and ComedySportz. View titles by June Casagrande

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    The only fun, friendly, and surefire defense against the grammar snobs

    Having already made a name for herself with Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies, now in its fifth printing, June Casagrande returns with Mortal Syntax, taking on the 101 most frequently attacked usage choices. Dedicating one short chapter to each, Casagrande brings her subject to life, teaching English usage through lively and amusing personal anecdotes. Mortal Syntax includes such chapters as:
    ? "I wish I was taller"
    ? "I am continuously watching Simpsons reruns"
    ? "Was it Horton that heard the Who?"

    Casagrande's clear and concise lessons-with entertaining titles and themes-make a potentially prickly subject go down like a spoonful of sugar.

    Author

    JUNE CASAGRANDE is a veteran journalist and syndicated columnist. She is the author of Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies and Mortal Syntax (Penguin). She is a former Los Angeles Times staff reporter, and her “A Word, Please” grammar column currently appears in several community news sections. She has also studied improvisational comedy with renowned troupes the Groundlings and ComedySportz. View titles by June Casagrande

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