Grammar Girl - We ALL Need This Book

Thanks SO much to Karen at Notes from McTeach for reminding me about this!

I’ve been dreaming of this book since I first heard about it months ago. I meant to pre-order it right way, and then kept meaning to do it but didn’t actually DO so until Karen reminded me in her post - I can’t believe I came that close to not getting my copy of the Grammar Girl book on the release date! Rest assured, I managed to pre-order and get it on time………

Yes, Grammar Girl has a podcast, a website, and a twitter account - she rocks. But I was dying for her book to come out so I could have it next to my laptop for every writing question I have and dog-ear it when sitting on the couch or in the car - all the things I love “paper” (with Kindle around, I have to make that distinction!) books for. I often use GG’s website to search for answers but I have to admit I don’t often actually LISTEN to her podcasts, although I always mean to (my head is noisy enough, I don’t listen to very much these days.)

Anyway, now I have the book and you should too. No, I’m not getting a free book out of this. No, I’m not getting anything if you buy her book from clicking out of here - I quit caring about the Amazon Affiliate links and don’t bother using them anymore.

So why write about it? Most people reading this are professionals of some sort, many are educators and many are writers and we ALL need help with grammar and usage - Grammar Girl (Mignon Fogarty) just makes it a lot easier and lot more fun than my MLA Handbook or Gregg Reference Guide do. I just thought I’d try to share the gospel and make you realize how much YOU want to have this book on hand!

Now, let’s count the errors I made just in this tiny post…………..1……….2………

Oh, and Karen is looking for pictures and screenshots of spelling and grammar mistakes to use in her classroom next year - check out her post on this and help her out!

And thanks to Tim Walker (@twalk) for being my grammar and usage police at times - I actually LIKE it when people correct me because it helps me become a better writer - love ya, Tim!

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