Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies: A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite

ISBN: 0143036831

Author: Casagrande, June

Condition: New

What do suicidal pandas, doped-up rock stars, and a naked Pamela Anderson have in common? Theyre all a heck of a lot more interesting than reading about predicate nominatives and hyphens. June Casagrande knows this and has invented a whole new twist on the grammar book. Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies is a laugh-out-loud funny collection of anecdotes and essays on grammar and punctuation, as well as hilarious critiques of the self-appointed language experts.Chapters include:Im Writing This While Naked-The Oh-So Steamy Predicate NominativeSemicolonoscopy-Colons, Semicolons, Dashes, and Other Probing AnnoyancesIll Take "I Feel Like a Moron" for $200, Alex-When to Put Punctuation Inside Quotation MarksSnobbery Up with Which You Should Not Put Up-PrepositionsIs That a Dangler in Your Memo or Are You Just Glad to See Me?Hyphens-Life-Sucking, Mom-and-Apple-Pie-Hating, Mime-Loving, Nerd-Fight-Inciting Daggers of the DamnedCasagrande delivers practical and fun language lessons not found anywhere else, demystifying the subject and taking it back from the snobs. In short, its a grammar book people will actually want to read-just for the fun of it.