Format:
Book
Author:
Dreyer, Benjamin, author.
Title:
Dreyer's English : an utterly correct guide to clarity and style / Benjamin Dreyer.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Random House, [2019]
©2019
Description:
xviii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary:
A witty, authoritative guide to writing by the leading Twitter language guru and veteran Random House copy chief shares lessons on better writing that cover usage questions ranging from the series comma to split infinitives.
Subjects:
Authorship -- Technique.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The life-changing magic of tidying up (your prose) -- Rules and nonrules -- 67 assorted things to do (or not to do) with punctuation -- 1, 2, 3, go: the treatment of numbers -- Foreign affairs -- A little grammar is a dangerous thing -- The realities of fiction -- Notes on, amid a list of, frequently and/or easily misspelled words -- Peeves and crotchets -- The confusables -- Notes on proper nouns -- The trimmables -- The miscellany.
LCCN:
2018027979
ISBN:
9780812995701 (hardcover)
0812995708 (hardcover)
Other Number:
1061864636
System Availability:
19
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3666760
Call Number:
808.02
Course Reserves:
0
# System items in:
18