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books:

You Send Me: Getting It Right When You Write Online

2 reviews
Patricia T. O'Conner, Stewart Kellerman

Harvest Books, 2003

A Useful Edition and Addition on Language
If you want your grammar and writing lessons sane, sober, serious, skip this book because the jokes, plays on words and plain old fun will drive you crazy. But if you need light, useful advice about writing in cyberspace, or quick reminders about using numbers correctly, office etiquette, or brush-ups on grammar and writing, and have a laugh in the process, this book is for you. I highly ...

Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language

25 reviews
Patricia T. O'Conner, Stewart Kellerman

Random House, 2009

starts great and gets better and better
What is better than a book on language that is witty and well written? This author has a perfectly balanced sense of humor and delivers thoughtful punch-lines with the saavy of a Robin Williams. I am very impressed with the care taken and the careful research and sense of flow. This book can actually change the way you speak and think ( or think and then speak ).