Greek to me: adventures of the comma queen
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Published:
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2019.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
227 pages ; 22 cm
Status:
East Hampton Adult Biography
B Norris
Description
Mary Norris has spent more than three decades in The New Yorker's copy department, maintaining its celebrated high standards. Now she brings her vast experience, good cheer, and finely sharpened pencils to help the rest of us in a boisterous language book as full of life as it is of practical advice. Greek to Me features Norris's laugh-out-loud descriptions of some of the most common and vexing problems in spelling, punctuation, and usage - comma faults, danglers, "who" vs. "whom," "that" vs. "which," compound words, gender-neutral language - and her clear explanations of how to handle them. Down-to-earth and always open-minded, she draws on examples from Charles Dickens, Emily Dickinson, Henry James, and the Lord's Prayer, as well as from The Honeymooners, The Simpsons, David Foster Wallace, and Gillian Flynn. She takes us to see a copy of Noah Webster's groundbreaking Blue-Back Speller, on a quest to find out who put the hyphen in Moby-Dick, on a pilgrimage to the world's only pencil-sharpener museum, and inside the hallowed halls of The New Yorker and her work with such celebrated writers as Pauline Kael, Philip Roth, and George Saunders. Readers - and writers - will find in Norris neither a scold nor a softie but a wise and witty new friend in love with language and alive to the glories of its use in America, even in the age of autocorrect and spell-check. As Norris writes, "The dictionary is a wonderful thing, but you can't let it push you around."
Also in This Series
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
East Hampton Adult Biography
B Norris
On Shelf
Location
Call Number
Status
East Lyme Public Adult Non-Fiction
306.4428 Norris
On Shelf
Guilford Adult Non-Fiction
306.442 NORRIS
On Shelf
Lyme Adult New Nonfiction
306.44281 NOR
On Shelf
Madison/Scranton Adult Nonfiction
306.4428 NORRIS N
On Shelf
Meriden Adult Non-Fiction
306.44 NO
On Shelf
North Stonington/Wheeler Adult Nonfiction
NEW 306.442 [JUL 20]
On Shelf
Norwich/Otis Adult Nonfiction
306.44281 NOR
On Shelf
Orange/Case Adult Biography
Biography NORRIS [Mary] Norris
On Shelf
Stony Creek/Willoughby Wallace Adult Non-Fiction
306.442 NOR
On Shelf
Wallingford Adult Nonfiction
306.4428 NORRIS
On Shelf
Westbrook Adult Non-Fiction
B NORRIS
On Shelf
More Like This
Other Editions and Formats
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781324001270, 1324001275
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Norris, M. (2019). Greek to me: adventures of the comma queen. First edition. New York, W. W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Norris, Mary, 1952-. 2019. Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen. New York, W. W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Norris, Mary, 1952-, Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 2019.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Norris, Mary. Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen. First edition. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 2019.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
4bf49763-b48d-dcd2-a11f-64f033c02d32
Go To GroupedWork

Record Information

Last Sierra Extract TimeMar 27, 2024 03:54:06 PM
Last File Modification TimeMar 27, 2024 03:54:38 PM
Last Grouped Work Modification TimeMar 27, 2024 03:54:18 PM

MARC Record

LEADER02521nam 2200481 i 4500
003DLC
00520181213151538.0
008181210s2019    nyu    e      000 0aeng  
010 |a 2018050108
020 |a 9781324001270|q (hardcover)
020 |a 1324001275|q (hardcover)
040 |a DLC|b eng|e rda|c DLC|d nw|d EL|d WAL
05000|a PN4874.N638|b A3 2019
08200|a 306.442/81|2 23
1001 |a Norris, Mary,|d 1952-|e author.
24510|a Greek to me :|b adventures of the comma queen /|c Mary Norris.
250 |a First edition.
264 1|a New York :|b W. W. Norton & Company,|c 2019.
264 4|c ©2019
300 |a 227 pages ;|c 22 cm
336 |a text|b txt|2 rdacontent
337 |a unmediated|b n|2 rdamedia
338 |a volume|b nc|2 rdacarrier
5050 |a Invocation -- Alpha to omega -- A is for Athena -- Dead or alive -- Demeter dearest -- A taste for tragedy -- Swimming with Aphrodite -- Acropolis now -- The sea! the sea! -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix: The Greek alphabet.
60010|a Norris, Mary,|d 1952-|x Travel|z Greece.
650 0|a Periodical editors|z United States|v Biography.
650 0|a Americans|z Greece|v Biography.
650 0|a Greek language|x Social aspects.
651 0|a Greece|x Description and travel.
907 |a .b26030317
945 |y .i62339497|i 21203850827|l nwan|s -|h |u 8|x 0|w 0|v 2|t 2|z 01-29-19|o -|a 306.44281 NOR
945 |y .i62539978|i 22801532023|l ehab|s -|h |u 7|x 0|w 0|v 3|t 2|z 03-18-19|o -|a B Norris
945 |y .i62586154|i 20503655449|l guan|s -|h |u 15|x 0|w 0|v 3|t 2|z 03-27-19|o -|a 306.442 NORRIS
945 |y .i62592610|i 20603473594|l elan|s -|h |u 9|x 0|w 0|v 6|t 2|z 03-29-19|o -|a 306.4428 Norris
945 |y .i62611264|i 20905626105|l mean|s -|h |u 3|x 0|w 0|v 2|t 2|z 04-03-19|o -|a 306.44 NO
945 |y .i62612128|i 22300922386|l stan|s -|h |u 6|x 0|w 0|v 3|t 2|z 04-03-19|o -|a 306.442 NOR
945 |y .i62722347|i 32159002281612|l orab|s -|h |u 6|x 0|w 0|v 3|t 2|z 04-27-19|o -|a Biography NORRIS [Mary] Norris
945 |y .i62821532|i 21600816660|l wsan|s -|h |u 6|x 0|w 0|v 3|t 2|z 05-17-19|o -|a B NORRIS
945 |y .i62822706|i 21707666976|l waan|s -|h |u 6|x 0|w 0|v 5|t 2|z 05-18-19|o -|a 306.4428 NORRIS
945 |y .i64749204|i 22205160801|l maan|s -|h |u 1|x 0|w 0|v 1|t 2|z 10-26-20|o -|a 306.4428 NORRIS N
945 |y .i6613545x|i 35999000682668|l nsan|s -|h |u 0|x 0|w 0|v 0|t 2|z 09-22-21|o -|a NEW 306.442 [JUL 20]
945 |y .i69300768|i 34342001313283|l lybn|s -|h |u 0|x 0|w 0|v 0|t 2|z 12-19-23|o -|a 306.44281 NOR
998 |e -|d a |f eng|a eh|a el|a gu|a ly|a ma|a me|a ns|a nw|a or|a st|a wa|a ws