A Riotous Good Time with Ellen Jovin of the Grammar Table
Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
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Enrubble, With a Clause
The book is half grammar and writing advice and half people's stories. "I couldn't have predicted the things that wouldtat were that came out of their mouth," she says about two construction workers in decater, alabama. One man was a huge grammar and caligraphy nerd who hated when his father abbreviated words like 'ok' or 'coffee' The other one does the coma for direct address so if he addresses someone coma, then he goes on. But i think he even did, he comma u comma instead of so, like, and then kept in there.
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