Woe is I jr : the younger grammarphobe's guide to better English in plain English / [book]
By: O'Conner, Patricia T
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Contributor(s): Stiglich, Tom [ill.].
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BookPublisher: New York : Scholastic, 2008Description: 152 p. : ill.ISBN: 9780545097864; 054509786X.Subject(s): English language | English languageDDC classification: 428.2 OCO Online resources: Table of contents only | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Manitoba School for the Deaf Library | 428.2 OCO (Browse shelf) | Available | 011666 |
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Includes index.
"I" witness: when words need stand-ins -- Plurals before swine: sometimes there's more than one -- Yours truly: possessives and the possessed -- Action figures: words that do the work -- Working out: action figures in action -- Small miracles: incredible shrinking words -- Casting a spell: How to be letter perfect -- Capital crimes: when size matters -- Endangered list: the bruised, the abused, and the misused -- Connecting the dots: All about punctuation -- Tales from the crypt: clich�es that just won't die -- Online skating: the rules of the road -- Grammar talk: some technical terms and what they mean.
Uses simple language and fun examples to show how to speak English properly.
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