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| Author: Mignon Fogarty
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Category: Book
List Price: $14.00
Buy New: $11.20
You Save: $2.80 (20%)
Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 2253
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st Holt Pbk. Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0805088318
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.042
EAN: 9780805088311
Publication Date: July 8, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
A fellow grammar girl's review August 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As an editor and author of my own grammar book, I always enjoy reading a colleague's book on grammar and usage. Grammar Girl has quickly become the go-to grammar expert and this book is a perfect reference guide that covers all the grammar basics written in an easy to understand format. Any writer wanting to brush up on those pesky grammar rules, will find it easy to find the answers in this book. You go Girl!
Karen Reddick, author of Grammar Done Right!
Grammer Girls Quick and Dirty Tips December 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The title caught my eye and I know it will catch my nieces eye as well. I wasn't looking to get more than one book for her on grammer but Amazon made me an offer I couldn't refuse. And the offer wasn't threatening and didn't include a sawed off horse's head. LOL! This book will be an added PLUS.
Book Tour from a Homey August 4, 2008
As a sometime UW student and then taking a teaching ESL certificate course, it was nice seeing Mignon on her recent visit to the Seattle, She gave her book signing at Third Place Books & etc., a community oriented meeting place which happens to endorse a variety of businesses.
She has apparently acquired quite a local following which happened to show and anticipate many of her statements with knowing. None the least of these were local writers, a home-schooled young woman, and her mother. It is intersting to have a new, multimedia approach to grammar, or more specifically usage. If she comes to you village, you should bring your book for her to sign!
Easy reading August 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Think you can't have fun reading about grammar? Actually, you can, as long as you're reading Grammar Girl. I'm a structure-lover myself, and grammar's always been a given - part of the furniture, you might say. But I just finished reading Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, and I've got to say that for the first time, I actually read a grammar book straight through and enjoyed it!
First, Mignon Fogarty, "Grammar Girl," has a great style that makes her easy to read. Second, she answers a lot of those murky questions we all have about grammar (or at least I often do!), and demystifies the rules. Some of my favorite parts of her book are the little notes she gives about the difference between American and British usage, a topic that so often confuses people. And I love how she smashes grammar myths, like the old English-teacher fiction that you can't begin a sentence with the word "and." So if you're looking for a great reference guide, I recommend Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips.
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Grammar Girl Is My Guru! August 20, 2008
I'm a big fan of Grammar Girl. Okay, yes, I'm an English teacher, and I love grammar, but this book is for everyone. I've been listening to her podcasts for a while now, and when her book came out, I had to get it. I was not disappointed! It's written in the same style she uses for her podcasts--bite-sized grammar tips written in conversational style with great accompanying examples. I know I will be using examples from this book in my classes, and I will be sure to recommend it to all of my students.
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