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Between You and I: A Little Book of Bad EnglishBetween You and I: A Little Book of Bad English by James Cochrane
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An A-Z resource for those misspelled, -pronouced and -used everyday words.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to PunctuationEats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
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The best-selling grammar for good reason.
Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective ProseSin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose by Constance Hale
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Wickedly fun and a must-have for writers.
Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English, Second EditionWoe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English, Second Edition by Patricia T. O'Conner
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Grammarphobes and -philes alike can something to love with this book.
Words Fail  Me: What Everyone Who Writes     Should Know about WritingWords Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know about Writing by Patricia T. O'Conner
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A fun guide for writers.
Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit & Wisdom From History's Greatest WordsmithsOxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit & Wisdom From History's Greatest Wordsmiths by Mardy Grothe
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Everyone from Yogi Berra to Confucius to George W. Bush has had something Oxymoronic to say.
The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager and the DoomedThe Deluxe Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager and the Doomed by Karen Elizabeth Gordon
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Follow the story of vampires, gargoyles and murderous maids while learning grammar on the way. Perfection.
The Disheveled Dictionary: A Curious Caper Through Our Sumptuous LexiconThe Disheveled Dictionary: A Curious Caper Through Our Sumptuous Lexicon by Karen Elizabeth Gordon
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Language is rarely illustrated, illuminated and taught with more pleasure than in these books.
Torn Wings and Faux Pas: A Flashbook of Style, a Beastly Guide Through the Writer's LabyrinthTorn Wings and Faux Pas: A Flashbook of Style, a Beastly Guide Through the Writer's Labyrinth by Karen Elizabeth Gordon
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Gordon continues her trend of grammar guidance in the guise of engrossing tales.
The New Well Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the DoomedThe New Well Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed by Karen Elizabeth Gordon
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Be you a novice or an expert, the eager or the doomed, this punctuation guide is for you.
Lapsing Into a Comma : A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--and How to Avoid ThemLapsing Into a Comma : A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--and How to Avoid Them by Bill Walsh
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For writers and copywriters, grammarphobes and grammarphiles, this is a delightful stylebook.
The Elephants of Style : A Trunkload of Tips on the Big Issues and Gray Areas of Contemporary American EnglishThe Elephants of Style : A Trunkload of Tips on the Big Issues and Gray Areas of Contemporary American English by Bill Walsh
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Modern English is an adventure, and this guide helps to navigate the gray areas (hint: there's a lot of them)
Word Court: Wherein Verbal Virtue Is Rewarded, Crimes Against the Language Are Punished, and Poetic Justice Is DoneWord Court: Wherein Verbal Virtue Is Rewarded, Crimes Against the Language Are Punished, and Poetic Justice Is Done by Barbara Wallraff
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For anyone who's ever bristled and gritted their teeth when they hear the slaughter of language.
Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our LanguageAnguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language by Richard Lederer
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From Shakespeare to student essays, the English language is used, abused and turned on its head.
More Anguished English: an Expose of Embarrassing Excruciating, and Egregious Errors in EnglishMore Anguished English: an Expose of Embarrassing Excruciating, and Egregious Errors in English by Richard Lederer
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From Shakespeare to student essays, the English language is used, abused and turned on its head.
Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay: Practical Advice for the Grammatically ChallengedSleeping Dogs Don't Lay: Practical Advice for the Grammatically Challenged by Richard Lederer
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Grammar lessons should always be so fun to read.
The Essential Literary Terms: The Jargon for the Informed Reader (for Sourcebooks, Inc.)The Essential Literary Terms: The Jargon for the Informed Reader (for Sourcebooks, Inc.) by Joe (X. J.) Kennedy
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Useful dictionary to have when reading.
The Writer's Grammar (for Sourcebooks, Inc.)The Writer's Grammar (for Sourcebooks, Inc.) by Patricia Silber
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A must-have staple when writing.