What kind of freak reads a punctuation handbook for pleasure? Well, I do (blush).But The New Well-Tempered Sentence is not a dry treatise on the do’s and don’ts of writing. Consider the subtitle: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed. How could you resist the urge to pee...
Rating: 3.75* of five (rounded up for star purposes)The Book Report: The book description says:"What on earth does lagniappe mean? A sluggard who lies around till noon? A she-wolf of Anapurna? A car that demands heavy pampering?" In fact, none of the above. But one can find this Creole French word d...
My new grammar read. The grammar lessons are witty and helpful, but the vampire persona who writes the chapter intros doesn't quite work for me.
I read grammar and punctuation books every few years just to make sure I'm current and haven't taken up some weird habit without knowing it. So most books are a fast read for me and easy to understand. There are generally only a couple of places where I go, "oh, I didn't know that" or "oh, that's wh...
An entertaining, surrealistic guide to the City of Lights.
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