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The Deluxe Transitive Vampire

A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed

By Karen Elizabeth Gordon

By Karen Elizabeth Gordon

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Category: Reference | Humor

Hardcover $30.00

Aug 10, 1993 | ISBN 9780679418603

The Deluxe Transitive Vampire by Karen Elizabeth Gordon
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Aug 10, 1993 | ISBN 9780679418603

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About The Deluxe Transitive Vampire

Playful and practical, this is the style book you can’t wait to use, a guide that addresses classic questions of English usage with wit and the blackest of humor. Black-and-white illustrations throughout.

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About Karen Elizabeth Gordon

Karen Elizabeth Gordon is the author of The Deluxe Transitive Vampire, The New Well-Tempered Sentence, The Ravenous Muse, The Red Shoes and Other Tattered Tales, The Disheveled Dictionary, and Paris Out of Hand: A Wayward Guide. She divides her time… More about Karen Elizabeth Gordon

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Category: Reference | Humor

Hardcover | $30.00
Published by Pantheon
Aug 10, 1993 | 192 Pages | 7-3/8 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9780679418603
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Table Of Contents

Acknowledgments • ix
Preface • xiii
Introduction •  xv

Sentences • 3
Words • 8
Nouns • 30
Verbs • 40
Verbals • 54
Adjectives and Adverbs • 65
Pronouns • 77
Agreements • 99
Phrases • 125
Clauses • 140
Fragments, Splices, and Run-ons • 155

Follow the Flight • 167
Illustration Credits • 170
Index • 172

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