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Gyles Brandreth: Have You Eaten Grandma?: Or, the Life-Saving Importance of Correct Punctuation, Grammar, and Good English (2018, Atria Books) No rating

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Most of this book is basic grammar that any editor should know, but as an editor, I can tell you that it always benefits me to compound the common sense of my profession unto my gray matter as often as I can. There's also a great deal of good humor and nuances of British grammar in this book, which is an area that I am not so well-versed in. I love a book on grammar that so effectively blends things we should remember from our early schooling—that perhaps we don't—with facts and jokes that engage an educated audience. I really loved the stuff focusing on the UK, but I appreciate those aspects that sought to convey a general knowledge of how English works and where it came from.