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Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies : A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite
Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite
Author: June Casagrande
What do suicidal pandas, doped-up rock stars, and a naked Pamela Anderson have in common? They’re all a heck of a lot more interesting than reading about predicate nominatives and hyphens. June Casagrande knows this and has invented a whole new twist on the grammar book. Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies is a laugh-out-loud funn...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780143036838
ISBN-10: 0143036831
Publication Date: 3/28/2006
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Penguin
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Audio CD
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When writing a "Dear John" letter, do you fret over whether to hyphenate "chronic halitosis"? Have you gotten into trouble misusing who or whom, or worse, lie and lay? And where does the %#@* comma go anyway?

Here's some good news for everyone who's ever been bullied into believing they can't speak their own language: The grammar snobs are bluffing. Half the "rules" they use to humiliate others are really just judgment calls and the rest they don't even understand themselves. Learn the truth of basic grammer and punctuation from June Casagrande.


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