Playful and practical, this is the style book you can't wait to use, a guide that addresses classic questions of English usage with wit and the blackest of humor. Black-and-white illustrations throughout.\ \ \ Gordon has taken her enormously successful book of English usage and expanded it to include more rules, fine points, examples, and illustrations. Playful and practical, this style book combines classic questions of usage with wit and the blackest of humor. Illus.\
Grammar instruction has clearly come a long way since the days of rote memorization and complex sentence diagrams. This book is clear and to the point and presents its information with contemporary and witty examples.