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The Best Grammar and Punctuation Books
Mark Nichol, Linguist
Our most recommended books
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Garner's Modern English Usage (5th edition)
by Bryan A. Garner -
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
by Jane Straus -
The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications
by Amy Einsohn -
Caught in the Web of Words: James Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary
by K. M. Elisabeth Murray -
A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant and Vulgar Words
by John Camden Hotten -
The Sense of Style
by Steven Pinker