Book Info
• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press (October 14, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312378084
• ISBN-13: 978-0312378080
Synopsis
This book is for people who experience heartbreak over love notes with subject-verb agreements…for anyone who’s ever considered hanging up the phone on people who pepper their speech with such gems as “irregardless,” “expresso,” or “disorientated”…and for the earnest souls who wonder if it’s “Woe is Me,” or “Woe is I,” or even “Woe am I.”
Martha Brockenbrough’s Things That Make Us (Sic) is a laugh-out-loud guide to grammar and language, a snarkier, American answer to Lynn Truss’s runaway success Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Brockenbrough is the founder of National Grammar Day and SPOGG -- the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar -- and as serious as she is about proper usage, her voice is funny, irreverent, and never condescending. Things That Make Us (Sic) addresses common language stumbling stones such as evil twins, clichés, jargon, and flab, and offers all the spelling tips, hints, and rules that are fit to print. It’s also hugely entertaining, with letters to high-profile language abusers, including David Hasselhoff, George W. Bush, and Canada’s Maple Leafs [sic], as well as a letter to – and a reply from – Her Majesty, the Queen of England.
Brockenbrough has written a unique compendium combining letters, pop culture references, handy cheat sheets, rants, and historical references that is as helpful as it is hilarious.
Special Thanks
This honor goes to Rachel Ekstrom at St. Martin’s Press for sending me a copy of this book. As soon as I have read and reviewed this book, my copy will go to a viewer at J. Kaye's Book Blog.
12 comments:
Wow this looks awesome! I really enjoyed Eats, Shoots & Leaves, which which baffles me because my grammar is horrible and no amount of lessons have helped.
Hope you enjoy this read, I will be looking out for it for sure :)
this does sound good, I had never heard of it before. looking forward to your review.
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I'll be looking for your review on this one. Sounds like a fun book!
I am constantly correcting my two sons grammar! It is a habit of mine. I notice errors when reading, also!
Thanks, Cindi
Ditto with Book Zombie, for someone with terrible grammar and punctuation (and spelling), I enjoy reading these kind of books. I really liked Eats, Shoots & Leaves so I am anxious to read your review of this book.
Thanks for sharing this, J. Kaye. I'm putting it on my wish list!
I am all over this book! I'll be checking back for your review, IRREGARDLESS of when you post it.
My pet peeve: in REGARDS to; it's REGARD, singular! and NUCULAR, what's with that?!
Okay, lady, you have some friends at St. Martin's Press, don't you.
This sounds very funny. I love discussions of grammar.
Oh this sounds like a fun one! I can't wait to hear back about it!
This looks great! I hope it's as good as it seems... I'll look forward to your review!
I hope you like it! I had a great time writing it.
Martha Brockenbrough ~ The author! Thanks for dropping in. :)
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