Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing by Mignon Fogerty

Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing by Mignon Fogerty provides a delightful resource for individuals with more than a casual interest in improved writing.  She offers tips on when to use a dash, comma or parenthesis. She offers well researched advice and plenty of examples for each topic.

I found her book a bit more accessible than Eat's Shoots and Leaves by British author Lynn Truss. Mignon provides discrete lessons in digestible servings whereas Lynn tends to take a bit more indirect path offering some witty diversions.

I appreciated the helpful hints on proper etiquette for email correspondence. She also gives guidance for proper use of passive voice. Politicians use this to great effect: "Mistakes were made."; "There was no controlling legal authority."

I'd recommend purchasing the audiobook. The author has a pleasant speaking voice. The topics provided a mentally stimulating diversion during my morning commute.

For those of you who want more, please review the written version of Mignon's Grammar Girl Podcast Archive.  At this site you can find out the if the Minions from Despicable Me speak a real language.

 

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