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A carregar... Have You Eaten Grandma?por Gyles Brandreth
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Like several relationships I've had, it was love at first sight. He made me laugh out loud. I looked forward to seeing him again. Every moment was a delight. And then, over time, less so. Until one day I realised his conversation had devolved to a series of lists, and at one point he went on for quite some time simply quoting other people's complaints about evolving word usages that seemed perfectly fine to me. Five starts for the good times. 0 stars for the lists. Oh, if only it had been one of those short, breezy, vacation affairs--maybe just the chapter on punctuation. Then I would have treasured him forever. (Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve! I like reading about English, but the writing doesn't suit me. A lot of the book is about non-bookish forms of English, Twitter abbreviations, and so forth. These don't interest me much at all. So the book is not a bad choice for someone who doesn't read books about English, but for someone like me, it's a book to be skipped. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
A style manual for English speakers on both sides of the Atlantic identifies the common mistakes and correct usage of everything from dangling participles to transitive verbs.
Our language is changing, literary levels are declining, and our grasp of grammar is at a crisis point. From commas to colons, apostrophes to adverbs, there are countless ways we can make mistakes when writing or speaking. But do not despair! Great Britain's most popular grammar guru has created the ultimate modern manual for English speakers on both sides of the Atlantic. In this brilliantly funny and accessible guide to proper punctuation and so much more, Gyles Brandreth explores the linguistic horrors of our times, tells us what we've been doing wrong and shows us how, in the future, we can get it right every time. Covering everything from dangling participles to transitive verbs, from age-old conundrums like "lay" vs. "lie," to the confounding influences of social media on our everyday language, Have You Eaten Grandma? is an endlessly useful and entertaining resource for all. -- Provided by publisher. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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I read the book in its presented order although that is not necessary. The book could be used as a reference for special topics without needing to read the whole thing.
If you're only going to have one book about grammar, I recommend that this be the book. IMHO, this book is much better than Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss. ( )