The Grammatically Correct Handbook: A Lively and Unorthodox Review of Common English for the Linguistically Challenged

by Ellie Grossman

Book Overview

A humorous guide to correct grammar for those who wish to learn from funny stories, poems, and jokes rather than a textbook provides a bottom-line explanation of the linguistic complexities to help... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786881690
• ISBN13: 9780786881697
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Grammar made fun

This book is an excellent read, and a useful resource. Almost every common grammatical question is addressed (e.g., is it who or whom?) in a practical manner. Great gift for someone on their way to college, in academia, or for whom English is a second language.

A Great Grammar Book

Ellie Grossman's book on grammar is one of the finest I have ever read on such a topic, and after 14 years of school I have read a lot of grammar books. I have always been bad at grammar and found it to be so boring, but this book kept me interested. Her funny stories and examples of how common grammar errors can be so stupid, that you hardly realize it. For the first time I was beginning to understand the mistakes I make and how to fix them. Plus she doesn't fill her book with grammar rules and other confusing junk she just tells it as it is. This book is very helpful and I recommend it for anyone who has had trouble with grammar.

A must read for teachers, students, and commaholics.

If you've ever started a meeting by saying, Hello, my name is blank, and I love to use commas- then you have found your bible. Grossman's modern look at grammar is both fun and challanging. And unlke some others on the market- Grossman shoots from the hip. Learn from her? Yes. Enjoy her? Absolutely. Explain her? Never.

A must-read for anyone who speaks English!

Ellie Grossman has achieved the imposssible: she has made the grammatical pitfalls of our language easier to manage in a clear, concise, jargon-free, and FUN way! Never thought grammar could tickle your funny bone? Well, it does in this reader-friendly guide to some of our more common language blunders. This is a book to share!