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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: June CasagrandePublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Ten Speed Press Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 17.80cm Weight: 0.170kg ISBN: 9781580087407ISBN 10: 158008740 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 27 July 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsan 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." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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