Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies

Name: Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies
Price: 63.67 AUD
Availability: OutOfStock
ISBN: 9780143036838

A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite

June Casagrande

$70.95 $63.67

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We will update you on expected arrival time to us. If this delay is too long, please let us know within 2 business days and we can give you options regarding cancelling or adjusting your order. More details on cancelling your order can be found in our Terms of Trade.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

The Penguin Press
28 March 2006

Usage & grammar guides; Humour

What do suicidal pandas, doped-up rock stars, and a naked Pamela Anderson have in common? They’re all a heck of a lot more interesting than reading about predicate nominatives and hyphens. June Casagrande knows this and has invented a whole new twist on the grammar book. Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies is a laugh-out-loud funny collection of anecdotes and essays on grammar and punctuation, as well as hilarious critiques of the self-appointed language experts.

Chapters include:

I’m Writing This While Naked—The Oh-So Steamy Predicate Nominative

Semicolonoscopy—Colons, Semicolons, Dashes, and Other Probing Annoyances

I’ll Take ""I Feel Like a Moron"" for $200, Alex—When to Put Punctuation Inside Quotation Marks

Snobbery Up with Which You Should Not Put Up—Prepositions

Is That a Dangler in Your Memo or Are You Just Glad to See Me?

Hyphens—Life-Sucking, Mom-and-Apple-Pie-Hating, Mime-Loving, Nerd-Fight-Inciting Daggers of the Damned

Casagrande delivers practical and fun language lessons not found anywhere else, demystifying the subject and taking it back from the snobs. In short, it’s a grammar book people will actually want to read—just for the fun of it.

By: June Casagrande
Imprint: The Penguin Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 181mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 164g
ISBN: 9780143036838
ISBN 10: 0143036831
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 28 March 2006
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Inactive

June Casagrande writes the popular and very humorous ""A Word, Please"" grammar column for four Los Angeles Times community newspapers. She has written over 900 articles for various newspapers and magazines and has four years of improvisational comedy training.