Binding: Hardcover
Description: National Bestseller " A fresh and democratic take on language by a gifted teacher." Mary Norris" Jovin never hectors never finger - points; she enlightens and illuminates. This is lovely work." Benjamin Dreyer An unconventional guide to the English language drawn from the cross - country adventures of an itinerant grammarian. When Ellen Jovin first walked outside her Manhattan apartment building and set up a folding table with a Grammar Table sign it took about thirty seconds to get her first visitor. Everyone had a question for her. Grammar Table was such a hit attracting the attention of the New York Times NPR and CBS Evening News that Jovin soon took it on the road traveling across the US to answer questions from writers lawyers editors businesspeople students bickering couples and anyone else who uses words in this world. In Rebel with a Clause Jovin tackles what is most on people's minds grammatically speaking from the Oxford comma to the places prepositions can go the likely lifespan of whom semicolonphobia and more. Punctuated with linguistic debates from tiny towns to our largest cities this grammar romp will delight anyone wishing to polish their prose or revel in our age - old universal fascination with language.
Title: Rebel With A Clause Tales And Tips From A Roving Grammarian
Author(s): Jovin Ellen
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780358278153
Pages: 400 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 7/19/2022