For Who the Bell Tolls: The Essential and Entertaining Guide to Grammar

ISBN-13: 9781783350520 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 304 str.

David Marsh

Opis

David Marsh explains the grammar that people really need to know, covering topics such as syntax, rules, apostrophes, spelling, jargon, the abuse of ironic and iconic, -isms, TXT SPK, and the joy of language.

Recenzje

an entertaining compendium of usage notes and essays. Most satisfying is an angry chapter on so-called "political correctness", which demolishes the pretensions of those who think they have a God-given right to abuse those less fortunate than themselves. Steven Poole Guardian

O autorze

Marsh, DavidDavid Marsh is the Production Editor of the Guardian. Follow his hugely popular Twitter tips @guardianstyle., David Marsh is the production editor of the Guardian, which he joined in 1996. He edits the newspaper's style guide and Mind Your Language blog. He learned about grammar and spelling at Poynton County Primary School, Cheshire, and later attended King's School, Macclesfield, Sheffield University, and University College London. He started his career at the Kent Messenger Group and edited the Redditch Indicator and Bromley & Bexley Leader (both, sadly, defunct) before joining the Independent (which is still going). He also worked for the Financial Times - the result, he believes, of mistaken identity. He lives in Berkshire.