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21st century grammar handbook

1993
Provides answers to questions about grammar, punctuation, and preferred usage.

Adventures of a verbivore

1994
A journey through the beauty and perplexing English language which reflects a diversity similiar to that of the human race.

When bad grammar happens to good people

how to avoid common errors in English
2004
Contains a comprehensive reference guide designed to identify and correct the most common errors in written and spoken English including pronoun use, verb tenses, modifiers, and mispronounced words.

Word watcher's handbook

a deletionary of the most abused and misused words
1982

Grammar snobs are great big meanies

a guide to language for fun and spite
2006
Explains the basics of English grammar and punctuation, with examples of proper use and structure, along with tips on how to figure out whether or not something is grammatically correct.

Lost in Lexicon

An Adventure in Words and Numbers
2011
Thirteen-year-old cousins Ivan and Daphne are sent out to the barn on a rainy afternoon after their Great Aunt Adelaide presents them with a puzzle to solve, but a greater challenge presents itself when the cousins enter Lexicon, a world rampant with words and numbers, and embark on a quest to rescue some missing children.

Add it, dip it, fix it

a book of verbs
1995
An alphabetical listing of verbs for young children.

Checking your grammar

2002
A resource on sentence building; the parts of speech, including nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections; and style and usage, containing examples, lists, and brief explanations designed to help in editing one's writing.

The dictionary of clich?s

1994
Explores the origins and modern usages of over two thousand English language cliches; arranged alphabetically with cross references.

Woe is I

the grammarphobe's guide to better English in plain English
1996
Provides information on how to avoid some of the most common grammar mistakes, with chapters that discuss pronouns, plurals, verbs, possessives, punctuation, cliches, and other tricky parts of the English language.

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