Have you eaten grandma? : or, the life-saving importance of correct punctuation, grammar, and good English /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney, 1948- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., [2019].
Subjects:	English language > Grammar. English language > Errors of usage. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation. HUMOR > Topic > Business & Professional. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Writing > Composition.

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.