For Who the Bell Tolls

Name: For Who the Bell Tolls
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ISBN: 9781783350520

The Essential and Entertaining Guide to Grammar

David Marsh

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English

Guardian Faber Publishing
01 October 2014

Usage & grammar guides

This is a book that explains the grammar that people really need to know, such as the fact that an apostrophe is the difference between a company that knows its s
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David Marsh's lifelong mission has been to create order out of chaos. For four decades, he has worked for newspapers, from the Sun to the Financial Times, from local weeklies that sold a few thousand copies to the Guardian, with its global readership of nine million, turning the sow's ear of rough-and-ready reportage into a passable imitation of a silk purse.

The chaos might be sloppy syntax, a disregard for grammar or a fundamental misunderstanding of what grammar is. It could be an adherence to 'rules' that have no real basis and get in the way of fluent, unambiguous communication at the expense of ones that are actually useful. Clear, honest use of English has many enemies: politicians, business and marketing people, local authority and civil service jargonauts, rail companies, estate agents, academics . and some journalists. This is the book to help defeat them.

By: David Marsh
Imprint: Guardian Faber Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 231g
ISBN: 9781783350520
ISBN 10: 1783350520
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 October 2014
Recommended Age: From 0 to 0 years
Audience: General/trade , Children/juvenile , ELT Advanced , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: http://www.theguardian.com/profile/davidmarsh

David Marsh is the Production Editor of the Guardian and the fierce protector of Guardian Style. Follow his hugely popular Twitter tips @guardianstyle.