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My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English
 
 
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My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English [Kindle Edition]

Caroline Taggart (Author), J A Wines (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
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It's a little gem -- Knutsford Guardian, December 24, 2008

If you belong to the generation who missed out on being taught grammar at school then out this book on top of your Christmas wish list. If you were taught, then put it on your wish list. Everyone should have this book, in fact. -- Northern Echo, 16 December, 2008

This book would be the perfect Christmas gift for anyone who is genuinely interested in why we write the way in which we do, or who likes doing what's right and proper. -- Basingstoke Gazette, October 08

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If you belong to the generation who missed out on being taught grammar at school then out this book on top of your Christmas wish list. If you were taught, then put it on your wish list. Everyone should have this book, in fact.
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 1311 KB
  • Print Length: 189 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1843173107
  • Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books (9 Oct 2008)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004GNFPU2
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #29,799 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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129 of 135 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! 21 Oct 2008
By Alison Rose
Format:Hardcover
I bought I Before E and I Used to Know That earlier in the year as I need to brush up spelling, general knowledge etc as my godchildren keep asking me awkward homework questions!!!! I had an email from Amazon recommending this book so for a fiver I thought why not!
Very interesting read, I have to say I opened it with a great deal of fear as I always thought Grammar was a bit of a bore - but this book was both funny and informative - that has to be a first when it comes to Grammar :)
Broken down into basic chapters such as spellings and confusables, sentence structure, punctuation, speech and my own personal favourite odds and sods I now feel I know what I am talking about - hopefully my godchildren will now think I am genius!
This is a lovely book - a very nice Xmas gift I would have thought!
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52 of 55 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Should be required reading for journalists and broadcasters 15 May 2009
By Iain S. Palin TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Hardcover
It is deeply unfashionable to care about the proper use of language and grammar these days. Wince at "between you and I", get annoyed by "me and my friends", question a misplaced and misleading apostrophe and you will probably be dubbed an old fogey or, worse, an "elitist". You can expect a solemn lecture about how language is always changing, and how usage is what counts and sets the standards.

Well yes, language is always changing, and ultimately usage does set the standard, but (unless you are a politician or someone else with an agenda of their own) the purpose of language is to communicate, and not just facts. How we use it also communicates attitudes, how we see other people, and how we want to relate to them. Correct grammar does these things - sloppy usage does not, or at least reduces language's effectiveness.

For that reason this book should be required reading for journalists, broadcasters, and anyone else who supposedly communicates for a living. It is concise, logical, informative, and even humorous. It explains why we use, or should use, words in a certain way, and is fair enough to point out those forms that came about for academic reasons and can safely be forgotten. I wish it had been around when I was studying English at school!

And (showing my age again?) I really appreciate the fact that it is, despite the low price, a hardback.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars My Grammar and I (or should that be me?) 3 Mar 2009
By P. V. Stiffell
Format:Hardcover
A book that I have been waiting for during most of my adult life. I can use it to settle quite a few arguments!
It still amazes me how people, especially in the spoken media, still get it wrong when using pronouns!
A wonderful source for the grammatical perfectionists among us (or should that be "amongst us"?)
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