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Language » Grammar & Punctuation

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    The best books on Grammar and Punctuation, recommended by Mark Nichol

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    Garner's Modern English Usage
    by Bryan A. Garner
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    Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

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    Spunk & Bite: A Writer's Guide to Bold, Contemporary Style
    by Arthur Plotnik
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    The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
    by Jane Straus
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    The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications
    by Amy Einsohn

The best books on Grammar and Punctuation, recommended by Mark Nichol

In the age of the internet, we are all writers. Correct grammar and punctuation are key to making a good impression. Grammar geek Mark Nichol, a writer at Daily Writing Tips, picks five of the best books on grammar and punctuation, and tells us why bad grammar leads to anarchy.

    The best books on Slang, recommended by Jonathon Green

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    A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant and Vulgar Words
    by John Camden Hotten
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    Slang To-day and Yesterday
    by Eric Partridge
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    A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries
    by Julie Coleman
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    The Corner
    by David Simon and Edward Burns
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    The F-Word
    by Jesse Sheidlower

The best books on Slang, recommended by Jonathon Green

It’s dirty, grubby and doubting. And us at our most real. The lexicographer takes us inside the world of “rough, truthful language” from rhyming slang and cant to the streets of Baltimore and an etymology of the f-word

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