Dreyer's English : an utterly correct guide to clarity and style / Benjamin Dreyer.

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"Authoritative as it is amusing, this book distills everything Benjamin Dreyer has learned from the hundreds of books he has copyedited, including works by Elizabeth Strout, E. L. Doctorow, and Frank Rich, into a useful guide not just for writers but for everyone who wants to put their best foot for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dreyer, Benjamin (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Authorship > Technique.
Authorship > Style manuals.
HUMOR / Essays.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation.
REFERENCE / Writing Skills.
Authorship.
Style manuals.
Genre:
Style manuals.
Physical Description:xviii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The life-changing magic of tidying up (your prose)
  • Rules and nonrules
  • 59 assorted things to do (or not to do) with punctuation
  • 1, 2, 3, go: the treatment of numbers
  • Foreign affairs
  • A little grammar is a dangerous thing
  • The realities of fiction
  • Notes on, amid a list of, frequently and/or easily misspelled words
  • Peeves and crotchets
  • The confusables
  • Notes on proper nouns
  • The trimmables
  • The miscellany.