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  title info:
    title: Have you eaten grandma?
    sub title: or, the life-saving importance of correct punctuation, grammar, and good English
  name:
    name part: Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney
    name part: 1948-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2019
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: x, 304 pages ; 22 cm.
  abstract: Our language is changing, literary levels are declining and our grasp of grammar is at a crisis point. From commas to colons, apostrophes to adverbs, there are countless ways we can make mistakes when writing or speaking. But do not despair! Great Britain's most popular grammar guru has created the ultimate modern manual for English speakers on both sides of the Atlantic. In this brilliantly funny and accessible guide to proper punctuation and so much more, Gyles Brandreth explores the linguistic horrors of our times, tells us what we've been doing wrong and shows us how, in the future, we can get it right every time. Covering everything from dangling participles to transitive verbs, from age-old conundrums like "lay" vs. "lie," to the confounding influences of social media on our everyday language, Have You Eaten Grandma? is an endlessly useful and entertaining resource for all.
  table of contents: Introduction: Language is power -- Have you eaten grandma? : basic punctuation -- Must dash--hyphen can wait : dashes, hyphens, slashes, and more! -- Apostrophe now : apostrophes, possession, and omission -- Spelling is big potatoes : spelling rules, prefixes, and silent letters -- Of mice & meece & mouses : pluralization and word roots -- Yanks away : British versus American English -- A bad spell of whether : homophones and heterography -- LOL--YOLO--hahaha : abbreviations, initialisms, and acronyms -- Bad language? : offensive language, slang, and wordplay -- The rules : guidance for good communication -- Postscript: The language of grammar.
  note: Gyles Brandreth.
  note: Originally published in 2018 in Great Britain by Penguin Random House UK.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-290) and index.
  subject:
    topic: English language
    topic: Grammar
  subject:
    topic: English language
    topic: Errors of usage
  subject:
    topic: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
    topic: Grammar & Punctuation
  subject:
    topic: HUMOR
    topic: Topic
    topic: Business & Professional
  subject:
    topic: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
    topic: Writing
    topic: Composition
  classification: 428
  identifier: 9781982127404
  identifier: 1982127406
  identifier: 9781982127428
  record info:
    record content source: FMG
    record creation date: 190802
    record change date: 20250508143202.8
    record identifier: in00004151332