My Grammar and I… Or Should That Be Me? | Book Review
August 3, 2009 by admin - Jennifer
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Avoid Grammatical Minefields with This Entertaining Guide
Confused about when to use “its” or “it’s” or the correct spelling of “principal” and “principle”? My Grammar and I or Should That Be Me? is a refresher course for anyone who has ever been stumped by spelling confusion, dangling modifiers, split infinitives, or for those who have no idea what those things are. (<——like me lol)
Clever, informative, and fun, this delightful little handbook offers practical and humorous guidance on how to avoid falling into language pitfalls.
Brush up on:
- Sentence Structure – Let’s ponder the subject or object:Is it “I” or is it “me”?
- Parts of Speech – Is it “whose” or “who’s” ? “Which” or “that”?
- Punctuation – So where does that comma go, anyway?
- Spelling and Confusables – There are times when the spelling “rules” confuse.
- Elements of Style – You’ll find there’s lots more to know about grammar.
- …and for the grammar know-it-all, there are entertaining “smart aleck” tidbits throughout.
This book is perfect for people like me who do indeed get confused with what word to use. I mean it has been awhile since I was in school and sometimes I need to look things up. But I will tell you that this book will be the most useful to me when I need to teach my kids this stuff. My Grammar and I… is very informative and I love the little “smart aleck” comments, sometimes they even actually make me say, “Oh, yeah, duh!”. I recommend everyone reading this book, it never hurts to freshen up!















I know LOTS of people that could use this book. As an educator, I expect to see misuse of punctuation, tenses, misspellings, etc. from my students, but it makes me absolutely CRINGE when I see adults doing it. I have seen a blog title with a misused punctuation mark, and personally, I’d rather hear nails on a chalkboard than have to look at that! YIKES!
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says:
I know I could use this…. I have trouble all the time with several of these common problems. I’ll have to keep an eye out for this book.
Thanks for the review.