- Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Riverhead Trade; Reprint edition (Jan 11 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1573226254
- ISBN-13: 978-1573226257
- Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 13.2 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #557,522 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Written by Patricia T. O'Conner, an editor at the New York Times Book Review, Woe Is I gives lighthearted, witty instruction on the subject most of us dreaded in school--grammar. Discussion is brief and concise, and much more engaging than the grammar books you may remember. With chapter titles such as "Woe is I: Therapy for Pronoun Anxiety," "Your Truly: The Possessive and the Possessed," "Verbal Abuse: Words on the Endangered List," "Comma Sutra; The Joy of Punctuation," and "Death Sentence: Do Cliches Deserve to Die?," O'Conner proves that even grammar can make for entertaining reading.
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From Library Journal
This grammar book has a twist?it's fun. O'Connor, a copy editor and book reviewer for the New York Times and guest columnist for William Safire, gives readers a witty and humorous look at grammar and the oddities of the English language in a way that doesn't intimidate or bore the reader. Chapter headings offer such gems as "Plurals Before Swine," "Comma Sutra," and "The Compleat Dangler." And what makes this book such a pleasure to read are whoppers of sloppy usage such as "Born at the age of forty three, the baby was a great comfort to Mrs. Wooster" and cliches like "mass exodus. As opposed to an exodus of one? In most cases, exodus alone is enough." Highly recommended.?Lisa J. Cihlar, Winfield P.L., Ill.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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When a tiny word gives you a big headache, it's probably a pronoun. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Only a pedant could dislike this book.,
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This review is from: Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English (Mass Market Paperback)
Anyone who wants a book that explains grammar in plain English should check out "Woe Is I." Only a pedant like the previous reviewer from Massachusetts could recommend such jargon-filled examples of academese as Onion's "Modern English Syntax," Mätzner's "Englische Grammatik," and Franz's "Die Sprache Shakespeares in Vers und Prosa." Enough said.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
fun to read and contains lots of useful information,
By A Customer
This review is from: Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English (Mass Market Paperback)
I am writing a brief review to warn other readers of reviews: I note that two people who thought this book unlearned based their remarks on the title of the work. This title, however, was used to make the author's point about correctness and hyper correctness on page one! How can you bad mouth a book and not even have read the first page? Buyer beware not only of the product but especially the reviewer of the product.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best grammar books in a long time...,
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This review is from: Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English (Hardcover)
I have read this book over and over again. I mean, who thought a book about grammar would be funny?! I have to thank Patricia O'Conner for writing this great book. Be sure to check this one out!
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