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OverviewWhat 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: June CasagrandePublisher: Penguin Putnam Inc Imprint: The Penguin Press Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 18.10cm Weight: 0.164kg ISBN: 9780143036838ISBN 10: 0143036831 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 28 March 2006 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Inactive Availability: In Print ![]() Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJune 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |