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Dreyer's English (Adapted for Young Readers): Good Advice for Good Writing
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About Dreyer's English (Adapted For Young Readers): Good
Product Description Adapted from the New York Times bestseller by Random House's longtime copy chief, this informative and witty guide to writing and grammar, written especially for a younger audience, entertains as well as instructs. Full of advice, insider wisdom, and fascinating facts, this book will prove to be invaluable to anyone who wants to be confident in their writing skills, or anyone who enjoys the power of language. Explored throughout are the mysteries of using punctuation, word choice decisions, and more, presented in a clear, concise and accessible manner made fun! Praise for the New York Times bestseller DREYER'S ENGLISH: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine,Paste, and Shelf Awareness "Essential (and delightful!)" -- People "Playful, smart, self-conscious, and personal . . . One encounters wisdom and good sense on nearly every page." -- The Wall Street Journal "Destined to become a classic." -- The Millions "Dreyer can help you . . . with tips on punctuation and spelling. . . . Even better: He'll entertain you while he's at it." -- Newsday From School Library Journal Gr 9 Up-This guide is intended to help writers develop their craft. The text uses pop culture and other modern-day examples to highlight common mistakes and how to avoid them. Chapters deal with issues such as punctuation, numbers, nouns, common mistakes, and more. This title does a great job of clearly explaining hard-to-remember rules. Readers might be surprised at times to find that common phrases or sayings are technically incorrect, which makes aspiring writers challenge their perceptions of what they thought they knew. The text also discusses the publishing industry, which benefits readers who wish to understand the realm of professional writing. A list of "eminently bookmarkable sites" after the last chapter is the cherry on top of this accessible work. VERDICT A great addition to any classroom and school library as a reference source. Give it to all the English teachers you know.-Carol Youssif, Taipei American Sch., Taiwanα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. Review "An excellent resource for students and likely even more useful to those who teach them.” — The Horn Book About the Author Benjamin Dreyer is vice president, executive managing editor and copy chief, of Random House. He began his publishing career as a freelance proofreader and copy editor, joining Random House as a production editor in 1993. He has copyedited books by authors including E. L. Doctorow, David Ebershoff, Frank Rich, and Elizabeth Strout, as well as Let Me Tell You, a volume of previously uncollected work by Shirley Jackson. A graduate of Northwestern University, he lives in New York City. Visit him online at BenjaminDreyer.com and follow him on Twitter and Instagram at @BCDreyer. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter 1 The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Your Prose) Here’s your first challenge: Go a week without writing the words • very • kind of/sort of • really • totally And you can toss in--or, that is, toss out--“just” (not in the sense of “righteous” but in the sense of “merely”) and “so” (in the “extremely” sense, though as conjunctions go it’s pretty disposable too). Oh yes: “pretty.” As in “pretty tedious.” Go ahead and kill that particular darling. And “of course.” That’s right out. And “surely.” And “that said.” And “actually”? Feel free to go the rest of your life without another “actually.”* * “Actually” has been a weakness of mine my entire life, speaking and writing, and I realized that it was contagious the first time I heard my two-year-old nephew declare, “Actually, I like peas.” If you can go a week without writing any of what I’ve come to think of as the Wan Intensifiers and Throat Clearers--I wouldn’t ask you to go a week with
