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008 030129s2003 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2003041416
020 $a1573222526 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm51587374
035 $a(NNC)4123328
035 $a4123328
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dOrLoB-B
050 00 $aPE1112$b.O28 2003
082 00 $a428.2$221
100 1 $aO'Conner, Patricia T.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96027344
245 10 $aWoe is I :$bthe grammarphobe's guide to better English in plain English /$cPatricia T. O'Conner,.
246 3 $aWoe is I
260 $aNew York :$bRiverhead Books,$c2003.
300 $axvi, 240 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-232) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tWoe Is I: Therapy for Pronoun Anxiety -- $g2.$tPlurals Before Swine: Blunders with Numbers -- $g3.$tYours Truly: The Possessives and the Possessed -- $g4.$tThey Beg to Disagree: Putting Verbs in Their Place -- $g5.$tVerbal Abuse: Words on the Endangered List -- $g6.$tComma Sutra: The Joy of Punctuation -- $g7.$tThe Compleat Dangler: A Fish out of Water -- $g8.$tDeath Sentence: Do Cliches Deserve to Die? -- $g9.$tThe Living Dead: Let Bygone Rules Be Gone -- $g10.$tSaying Is Believing: How to Write What You Mean -- $g11.$tE-Mail Intuition: Does Anything Go?
520 1 $a"In these pages you'll find common-sense, jargon-free, even witty answers to all your questions about the basics as well as the subtleties of grammar, style, and usage. Whether you're intimidated by possessives, baffled by pronouns, or simply have no idea what a gerund is, Woe Is I can bail you out. Thanks to this book, your days as a grammarphobe are over."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xGrammar$vHandbooks, manuals, etc.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103117
650 0 $aEnglish language$xUsage$vHandbooks, manuals, etc.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103157
852 00 $bglx$hPE1112$i.O28 2003