Nitty-Gritty Grammar

A Not-So-Serious Guide to Clear Communication

A Not-So-Serious Guide to Clear Communication

By Edith Hope Fine and Judith Pinkerton Josephson

By Edith Hope Fine and Judith Pinkerton Josephson

Category: Reference | Writing

Category: Reference | Writing

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    About Nitty-Gritty Grammar

    An easy-to-follow guide for all of your grammar needs.  

    With clear text, appealing cartoons, and a focus on common grammatical errors and how to correct them, this little volume is a real gem that should find a permanent place with companies, universities, and anyone seeking a user-friendly guide to style and usage.

    About Nitty-Gritty Grammar

    An easy-to-follow guide for all of your grammar needs.  

    With clear text, appealing cartoons, and a focus on common grammatical errors and how to correct them, this little volume is a real gem that should find a permanent place with companies, universities, and anyone seeking a user-friendly guide to style and usage.


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    Grammar, like love, is a perpetual mystery, and books on how to do either better are eternal. In NITTY-GRITTY GRAMMAR, Edith H. Fine and Judith P. Josephson attack the homonyms and dangling modifiers that? which? frequently plague even native speakers, and even delve into the fine points of diagramming. –Publishers Weekly

    About Edith Hope Fine

    EDITH HOPE FINE is the author of many books for children, including Under the Lemon Moon, Cryptomania, Cricket at the Manger, and Armando and The Blue Tarp School. She is the co-author of Nitty-Gritty Grammar and More Nitty-Gritty Grammar. Edith… More about Edith Hope Fine

    About Judith Pinkerton Josephson

    Judith Pinkerton Josephson is the author of many books for children, including Mother Jones: Fierce Fighter for Workers’ Rights,  Allan Pinkerton: The Original Private Eye, and Growing up in Pioneer America. She is the co-author of Armando and the Blue Tarp School, Nitty-Gritty Grammar,… More about Judith Pinkerton Josephson

    About Edith Hope Fine

    EDITH HOPE FINE is the author of many books for children, including Under the Lemon Moon, Cryptomania, Cricket at the Manger, and Armando and The Blue Tarp School. She is the co-author of Nitty-Gritty Grammar and More Nitty-Gritty Grammar. Edith… More about Edith Hope Fine

    About Judith Pinkerton Josephson

    Judith Pinkerton Josephson is the author of many books for children, including Mother Jones: Fierce Fighter for Workers’ Rights,  Allan Pinkerton: The Original Private Eye, and Growing up in Pioneer America. She is the co-author of Armando and the Blue Tarp School, Nitty-Gritty Grammar,… More about Judith Pinkerton Josephson

    Product Details

    Paperback
    Published by Ten Speed Press
    Feb 01, 1998 | 112 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780898159660

    Ebook
    Published by Ten Speed Press
    Feb 02, 2011 | 112 Pages | ISBN 9780307785619

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