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    Get a Grip on Your Grammar: 250 Writing and Editing Reminders for the Curious or Confused

    By Kris Spisak

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    Just as we should think before we speak, we need to think before we write.

    Most of us are not poets or novelists, but we are all writers. We email, text, and post; we craft memos and reports, menus and outdoor signage, birthday cards and sticky notes on the fridge.

    Get a Grip on Your Grammar is a grammar book for those who hate grammar books, a writing resource filled with quick answers and a playful style—not endless, indecipherable grammar jargon.

    Get a Grip on Your Grammar is The Elements of Style for the Twitter generation. Designed for student, business, and creative-writing audiences alike, its easily digestible, occasionally witty writing tips will finally teach you:

    • The differences between “lay” and “lie.”
    • The proper usage of “affect” and “effect.”
    • Where to put punctuation around quotation marks.
    • The meaning of “e.g.” versus “i.e.”
    • The perils of overusing the word “suddenly.”
    • That apostrophes should not be thrown about like confetti.
    • And 243 more great tips.

    Writers owe it to themselves and to everyone who sees their written words to get it right. With Get a Grip on Your Grammar, they finally can (not “may”).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCareer Press
    Release dateApr 17, 2017
    ISBN9781632659125
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    Get a Grip on Your Grammar: 250 Writing and Editing Reminders for the Curious or Confused
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    Kris Spisak

    Kris Spisak wrote her first book, Get a Grip on Your Grammar: 250 Writing and Editing Reminders for the Curious or Confused (Career Press, 2017), with a goal of helping writers of all kinds sharpen their craft and empower their communications. Her “Words You Should Know” podcast and “Grammartopia” events follow the same mission, as does her second book, The Novel Editing Workbook: 105 Tricks & Tips for Revising Your Fiction Manuscript (Davro Press, 2020). Her third book, dedicated to personal storytelling, is The Family Story Workbook: 105 Prompts & Pointers for Writing Your History (Davro Press, 2020). A former college writing instructor, having taught at institutions including the University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University, Kris is now an active speaker, workshop leader, and fiction editor. She is a member of James River Writers, the Women's Fiction Writers Association, and the Alliance of Independent Authors.

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