'An utterly delightful book to read, Dreyer's English will stand
among the classics on how to use the English language properly.'
ELIZABETH STROUT 'A complete joy. For those who care about words -
and for those who don't - Dreyer's English is the book we have all
been waiting for. Wise, funny, no-nonsense, stylish and brilliantly
practical.' RACHEL JOYCE _____________ An indispensable, New York
Times-bestselling guide to the craft of writing from Random House's
long-time copy chief and one of Twitter's leading language gurus.
We all write, all the time: books, blogs, tweets, emails, emails,
emails - and we all want to write better. Benjamin Dreyer is here
to help. As copy chief of Random House, Dreyer has upheld the
standards of the legendary publisher for more than two decades. He
is beloved by authors and editors alike - not to mention his
followers on social media - for playfully, brilliantly
deconstructing the English language. Dreyer's English is the
distillation of everything he has learned from copyediting
thousands of books, the perfect guide not just for writers but for
everyone who wants to put their best prose foot forward. Both
authoritative and amusing, Dreyer's English offers lessons on
punctuation, from the underloved semicolon to the enigmatic
en-dash; the rules and non-rules of grammar, including why it's OK
to begin a sentence with 'And' or 'But' and to confidently split an
infinitive; and why it's best to avoid the doldrums of the Wan
Intensifiers and Throat Clearers, including 'very', 'rather', 'of
course', and the dreaded 'actually'. And yes: 'Only godless savages
eschew the Oxford comma.' Stuffed with advice, insider wisdom, and
fun facts, this book will prove to be invaluable to everyone who
wants to shore up their writing skills, mandatory for people who
spend their time editing and shaping other people's prose, and -
perhaps best of all - an utter treat for anyone who simply revels
in language. _____________ This book is written in British English.
_____________ 'Benjamin Dreyer's brilliant, pithy, incandescently
intelligent book is to contemporary writing what Geoffrey Chaucer's
poetry was to medieval English: a gift that broadens and deepens
the art and the science of literature' JON MEACHAM 'A fascinating
guide to grammatical 'rights' and 'wrongs' - practical and useful'
SEBASTIAN FAULKS, SUNDAY TIMES 'A pleasing read for anyone who has
an appreciation for the written word.' TIME MAGAZINE, BEST 10
NON-FICTION BOOKS OF 2019 'Witty and piquant [...] full of jokes -
and equally full of deliciously deprecating footnotes.' JEWISH
CHRONICLE 'Playful, smart, self-conscious, and personal . . . One
encounters wisdom and good sense on nearly every page of Dreyer's
English.' WALL STREET JOURNAL 'A mind-blower--sure to jumpstart any
writing project, just by exposing you, the writer, to Dreyer's
astonishing level of sentence-awareness.' GEORGE SAUNDERS, author
of Lincoln in the Bardo 'Benjamin Dreyer is wise and bitterly
experienced and fantastically good company. You should buy his book
and read it.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'Boisterously well written
... I recommend it highly.' INDEPENDENT 'Dreyer promises to reveal
"some of the fancy little tricks I've come across or devised that
can make even skilled writing better", and does so with accuracy,
style, and humour' GUARDIAN 'This work is that rare writing
handbook that writers might actually want to read straight through,
rather than simply consult.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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