Book
Woe is I : the grammarphobe's guide to better English in plain English
Record details
- ISBN: 9781573223317
- ISBN: 157322331X
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Physical Description:
print
xx, 265 pages ; 21 cm - Edition: Updated and expanded 3rd ed., 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Rev. and updated ed. of: 3rd ed., 2008. Originally published in hardcover: 2009. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-253) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Woe is I : therapy for pronoun anxiety -- Plurals before swine : blunders with numbers -- Yours truly : the possessives and the possessed -- They beg to disagree : putting verbs in their place -- Verbal abuse : words on the endangered list -- Spellbound : how to be letter perfect -- So to speak : talking points on pronunciation -- Comma sutra : the joy of punctuation -- The compleat dangler : a fish out of water -- Death sentence : do clichés deserve to die? -- The living dead : let bygone rules be gone -- Saying is believing : how to write what you mean. |
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| Subject: | English language Grammar Handbooks, manuals, etc English language Usage Handbooks, manuals, etc |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | PE 1112 .O26 2010 | 30775305509391 | General Collection | Available | - |