A delightful discourse on the most common grammar, punctuation, and
usage challenges faced by writers of all stripes Norris writes with
wit, sass, and smarts. "
Mary Norris is the verbal diagnostician I would turn to for a
first, second, or third opinion on just about anything. --John
McPhee, in The New Yorker"
An educational, entertaining narrative Unforgettable anecdotes
Countless laugh-out-loud passages A funny book for any serious
reader. "
Between You & Me is smart and funny and soulful and effortlessly
illuminating. --Ian Frazier"
Mary Norris brings a tough-minded, clear-eyed, fine-tuned wisdom to
all the perplexities and traps and terrors of the English sentence.
--Adam Gopnik"
There is so much to be learned from Mary Norris's marvelous memoir:
she tells us when to hyphenate a compound noun, shows whether to
employ the subjunctive, and elucidates the suggestively named
copulative verb. But she is no dry guardian of grammar, no punitive
Poobah of punctuation. In giving an account of her journey from
provincial obscurity to the glamour of New York and The New Yorker
she offers a warm, tender, and funny coming of age story. (Or
possibly it's a 'coming-of-age' story. Mary could tell you.)
--Rebecca Mead"
A delightful mix of autobiography, New Yorker lore, and good
language sense. --Ben Yagoda"
For years I thought that, because Mary Norris and I are both from
Cleveland, she shared her amazing knowledge of grammar only with
me. Now I see she s letting the whole world in on it. I guess that
s okay. Her book is so smart and funny and soulful and effortlessly
illuminating, and she herself is so generous and great what else
could she do? Still, I wish she d told me. --Ian Frazier"
Mary Norris is a grammar geek with a streak of mischief, and her
book is obscenely fun. --Marilyn Johnson"
There is so much to be learned from Mary Norris s marvelous memoir:
she tells us when to hyphenate a compound noun, shows whether to
employ the subjunctive, and elucidates the suggestively named
copulative verb. But she is no dry guardian of grammar, no punitive
Poobah of punctuation. In giving an account of her journey from
provincial obscurity to the glamour of New York and the New Yorker
she offers a warm, tender, and funny coming of age story. (Or
possibly it s a coming-of-age story. Mary could tell you.)
--Rebecca Mead"
This is as entertaining as grammar can be. Very very. Read it and
savor it. --Garrison Keillor"
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