Between You & Me - Confessions of a Comma Queen

Informationen zum Autor Mary Norris is the author of Greek to Me and the New York Times bestseller Between You & Me , an account of her years in The New Yorker copy department. Originally from Cleveland, she lives in New York. Klappentext Mary Norris has spent more than three decades guarding The New Yorker's grand traditions of grammar and usage. Now she brings her vast experience and sharpened pencil to help the rest of us in a charming language book as full of life as it is of practical advice. Between You & Me features Norris's laugh-out-loud exhortations about exclamation marks and emoticons, comma faults and swear words; her memorable exchanges about usage with writers such as Ian Frazier, Pauline Kael, Philip Roth and George Saunders; and her loving meditations on the most important tools of the trade. Readers and writers will find in Norris neither a scold nor a softie but a wise new friend in love with language. Zusammenfassung From a thirty-year veteran of The New Yorker comes the most irreverent and helpful book on language since Eats! Shoots & Leaves

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mary Norris, Norris Mary
• Editore: Norton and Co Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9780393352146
• ISBN: 978-0-393-35214-6
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 208 mm x 15 mm
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Corsi per adulti / università popolare > Materiali per università popolare / materiali per corsi di lingua; Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Saggistica > Arte, letteratura > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia contemporanea (dal 1945 al 1989); Erinnerungen (div.) s.a. Einzelperson, English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, Usage & grammar guides, Usage and grammar guides, Writing and editing guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling & Vocabulary