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Between You & Me

Confessions of a Comma Queen
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Jan 08, 2017bwinlr rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Just finished this excellent 2015 book, and would recommend it to all former English majors like me. If you love words and appreciate correct grammar, add this book to your list. It fits in nicely with "Eats, Shoots & Leaves," by Lynne…
Oct 02, 2016uncommonreader rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
This book by a copy editor at "The New Yorker" is a memoir in which she also addresses the errors in spelling, punctuation and usage that she finds most irksome. There is a little too much about usage at "The New Yorker" which deviates…
Mar 31, 2016marydave rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Great read - intelligently hilarious!
Mar 21, 2016rusty_13 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I first met the Comma Queen via a YouTube video. I appreciated both her straight forward approach to grammar and her sense of humor. This also comes across in her book Between You and Me, which besides discussing important grammatical…
Dec 24, 2015
Possibly the funniest book you will read about copy editing and comma usage.
Dec 06, 2015
An enjoyable read for grammar and word junkies. Also, an interesting insight to the editing process at a big publication.
Oct 03, 2015IrishMoon rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This was such a great book. I checked it out intending to read it in order to learn a bit more about advanced grammar rules. However, I found myself lost in the author's prose. I've always loved words and word structure, and Norris's…
Sep 01, 2015danrad23 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A book about grammar, usage and punctuation that is often "laugh out loud" funny and difficult to put down? You must be kidding. But I'm not. Anyone who has ever written anything intended to be read by more than one person has agonized…
Mardian
Aug 18, 2015
Mary Norris starts well, but the descent into grammatical hell is fairly steep. By the time we get to her sophomoric discourse on profanity, the game is over. AND it then descends further into an extended treatise on pencils. As she…
spenyc99
Apr 02, 2015
How come this is going to be an in-library-only book? It's not a reference book, it's a memoir. Please take another look at it. I want to read it, but not sitting in the library! Thanks.