Quick & Dirty Tips: Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing (Paperback)

from mollybowden

As a language arts teacher, I have referred to, tabbed, and dog eared this book so many times my students begin to groan when I pull it out! Ms. Fogarty puts challenging grammar points so simply with creative situations that I've read portions to my 8th graders because I couldn't put it any bette...

from booktsunami

I have a few grammar-type books ..which ostensibly help one distinguish between "affect" and "effect"....and similar difficult grammatical issues. But< I think, this book is really good. Mignon has a delightfully informal style and manages to inject a lot of common sense into her writing. She is ...

from amclellan0908

First, I have to say that I love Mignon Fogarty, and I think she's a genius for marketing a "how-to-improve-your-writing" book with a title that includes the words "quick and dirty." People are looking for a quick fix (hence the "quick"), and any time you can convince people that they're getting ...

from Kara

My life would be less frustrating if everyone read this book. I can be a little (annoyingly) pedantic when it comes to grammar and usage. I'm not concerned about dangling prepositions or split infinitives, but my god, it gets to me when people misuse "affect" and "effect," comma splice, or think ...

from jpaulett

Interesting and great fun. This goes with Grammar Girl's podcasts about usage and the English language.