Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen, (Paperback)

from john.cooper

The haters hate this book so much that I feel compelled to warn those of you who may be the type to walk into a movie, for example, without ever having read a review or considered the intended audience: apparently such people exist. You must be interested in English usage to enjoy this book. You ...

from steve02476

Very enjoyable book. Read it slowly and I really appreciated Norris's sense of humor.

from lauralkeet

It was difficult to even begin writing this review; I'm surprisingly anxious about possible grammar errors. However, I figure if you just spotted my on-target use of the semicolon, I have you on my side already. Oh yeah, and maybe that hyphen, too. And that comma just now. I could go on ... ooh l...

from St.CroixSue

This is a funny and enlightening book about grammar by Norris who worked for over three decades in the copy department of the New Yorker. It will not interest everyone, but for those who are intrigued with the history of hyphens, commas, and the future of apostrophes - this one is for you.

from rmckeown

Believe it or not, I have a collection of The New Yorker magazine dating back to the early 1970s. An English teacher I had in high school, recommended that I read the magazine to learn about all sorts of writing, and when I bought my first copy, it had a story by John Updike. This worm on a hook ...