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Author: June Casagrande
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Imprint: Ten Speed Press
Dimensions:
Width: 12.80cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 17.80cm
Weight: 0.170kg
ISBN: 9781580087407
ISBN 10: 158008740
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 27 July 2010
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
an editor and grammar columnist's funny but no-nonsense guide to better writing. --St. Petersburg Times <br> Great writing starts with strong sentences. This is your guidebook to mastering the art. <br>--DONALD MAASS, literary agent and author of The Fire in Fiction<br> <br> June mixes sassy fun with practical advice. You'll laugh all the way to writing better. <br>--MIGNON FOGARTY, author of Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing <br> It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences is that incredibly rare breed of book: a guide to grammar and style that is simultaneously smart, engaging, and instructive. By tackling prose composition on a sentence-by-sentence level, June Casagrande has found a way to provide intensely practical advice for the novice writer--not to mention unexpected insights for the expert writer. It would make a welcome addition to any language lover's library. <br>--ELIZABETH LITTLE, author of Biting the Wax Tadpole ture
an editor and grammar columnist's funny but no-nonsense guide to better writing. --St. Petersburg Times <br> Great writing starts with strong sentences. This is your guidebook to mastering the art. <br>--DONALD MAASS, literary agent and author of The Fire in Fiction<br> <br> June mixes sassy fun with practical advice. You'll laugh all the way to writing better. <br>--MIGNON FOGARTY, author of Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing <br> It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences is that incredibly rare breed of book: a guide to grammar and style that is simultaneously smart, engaging, and instructive. By tackling prose composition on a sentence-by-sentence level, June Casagrande has found a way to provide intensely practical advice for the novice writer--not to mention unexpected insights for the expert writer. It would make a welcome addition to any language lover's library. <br>--ELIZABETH LITTLE, author of Biting the Wax Tadpole t re
an editor and grammar columnist's funny but no-nonsense guide to better writing. --St. Petersburg Times Great writing starts with strong sentences. This is your guidebook to mastering the art. --DONALD MAASS, literary agent and author of The Fire in Fiction June mixes sassy fun with practical advice. You'll laugh all the way to writing better. --MIGNON FOGARTY, author of Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences is that incredibly rare breed of book: a guide to grammar and style that is simultaneously smart, engaging, and instructive. By tackling prose composition on a sentence-by-sentence level, June Casagrande has found a way to provide intensely practical advice for the novice writer--not to mention unexpected insights for the expert writer. It would make a welcome addition to any language lover's library. --ELIZABETH LITTLE, author of Biting the Wax Tadpole
Author Information
June Casagrande is the author of the weekly syndicated ""A Word, Please"" grammar column and a copy editor for the custom publishing department of the Los Angeles Times. She has worked as a reporter, features writer, city editor, proofreader, and copyediting instructor for UC San Diego Extension. She is the author of Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies, Mortal Syntax, and It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences. She lives in Pasadena, California, with her husband. Visit www.junecasagrande.com.
