Woe is I: the grammarphobe's guide to better English in plain English
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Published:
New York : Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019].
Format:
Book
Edition:
Fourth Edition.
Physical Desc:
xxii, 298 pages ; 21 cm
Lexile measure:
820L
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Hamden/Miller Adult Nonfiction 3rd Floor
428.2/OCO
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Street Date:
1901
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780525533054, 0525533052
Lexile measure:
820
Notes
General Note
"First Riverhead hardcover edition: September 2009"--T.p. verso.
General Note
Originally published in hardcover by G.P. Putnam's Sons in 1996.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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APA Citation (style guide)
O'Conner, P. T. (2019). Woe is I: the grammarphobe's guide to better English in plain English. Fourth Edition. New York, Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)O'Conner, Patricia T.. 2019. Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English. New York, Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)O'Conner, Patricia T., Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English. New York, Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)O'Conner, Patricia T.. Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English. Fourth Edition. New York, Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2019.
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505 | 0 | |a Chapter 1. Woe is I Therapy for pronoun anxiety -- Chapter 2. Plurals before swine Blunders with numbers -- Chapter 3. Yours truly The possessives and the possessed -- Chapter 4. They beg to disagree Putting verbs in their place -- Chapter 5. Verbal abuseWords on the endangered list -- Chapter 6. Spellbound How to be letter perfect -- Chapter 7. So to speak Talking points on pronunciation -- Chapter 8. Comma sutra The joy of punctuation -- Chapter 9. The compleat dangler A fish out of water -- Chapter 10. Death sentence Do cliches deserve to die? -- Chapter 11. The living dead Let bygone rules be gone -- Chapter 12. Saying is believing How to write what you mean. | |
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