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  • William Strunk and E.B. White
  • H.W. Fowler
  • Theodore M. Bernstein
  • William Safire
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  • Patricia T. O'Conner
  • Richard "Verbivore" Lederer
  • Kingsley Amis
  • Karen Elizabeth Gordon


    • The Elements of StyleThe Elements of Style
    If you don't have a copy of "Strunk and White," shame on you! If you do, it's probably a little tattered, right?

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    The New Fowler's Modern English Usage
    A 1996 update of H.W. Fowler's classic. Where Strunk achieved immortality with his brevity, Fowler did so with comprehensiveness. (There's a better word for that than "comprehensiveness," isn't there? Fowler would know.)     		Fowler's

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    BernsteinDos, Don'ts and Maybes of English Usage
    Bernstein's classic works ("Watch Your Language," "The Careful Writer," "Miss Thistlebottom's Hobgoblins") are out of print, but while you're looking for them in used-book stores you should pick up this latest installment.

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    Spread the Word
    The latest collection of "On Language" columns by William Safire of the New York Times.     		Spread the Word

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    Woe Is IWoe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English
    I feel a kinship with Patricia O'Conner, but I'm not at all happy that she beat me to the punch with a plain-English grammar guide. She's a lot nicer than I am, though, and she stops short of slamming Florence Henderson's "Brady Bunch" grammar, so there's plenty of room for both volumes on every reference shelf.

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    Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay: Practical Advice for the Grammatically Challenged
    Richard Lederer, perhaps better known as the Verbivore, is joined by Richard Dowis in his latest common-sense language guide.     		Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay

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    The King's EnglishThe King's English: A Guide to Modern Usage
    British novelist Kingsley Amis weighs in on usage issues, sometimes with a surprising pro-American tilt.

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    The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed
    Just one in Karen Elizabeth Gordon's series of gothic-flavored language books.     		The Deluxe Transitive Vampire

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