How Not to Write: The Essential Misrules of Grammar,New

How Not to Write: The Essential Misrules of Grammar,New

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These fifty humorous misrules of grammar will open the eyes of writers of all levels to fine style. How Not to Write is a wickedly witty book about grammar, usage, and style. William Safire, the author of the New York Times Magazine column 'On Language,' homes in on the 'essential misrules of grammar,' those mistakes that call attention to the major rules and regulations of writing. He tells you the correct way to write and then tells you when it is all right to break the rules. In this lighthearted guide, he chooses the most common and perplexing concerns of writers new and old. Each minichapter starts by stating a misrule like 'Don't use Capital letters without good REASON.' Safire then follows up with solid and entertaining advice on language, grammar, and life. He covers a vast territory from capitalization, split infinitives (it turns out you can split one if done meaningfully), runon sentences, and semicolons to contractions, the double negative, dangling participles, and even onomatopoeia. Originally published under the title Fumblerules.

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