The New Well-Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed
 

The New Well-Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed

by Karen Elizabeth Gordon

At long last, The New Well-Tempered Sentence rescues punctuation from the perils of boredom, with wholly original explanations of the rules of punctuation, whimsical graphics, and utterly unforgettable characters (yes, characters in a grammar book). Gordon teaches you clearly and simply where to place a comma and how to use an apostrophe. Gradually, as you master the elusive slashes, dots, and... (read more)

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The funniest book that will ever teach you grammar. Thoroughly useful, yet totally absurd. Does for "Monty Python" fans what "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" did for "Bridget Jones" fans.

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