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Grammar Devotional: Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl

by Mignon Fogarty

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Members' Rating: 3.78from 9 Ratings and 1 Review

Tags: Contemporary, Culture, Education, Languages, Non-Fiction, Reference

ISBN-13:9780805091656

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A series of tips from The Grammar Devotional have been made available for free on DailyLit by the book's publisher Macmillan. Click here to buy the paperback from Amazon.

Millions of fans around the globe punctuate properly and communicate clearly thanks to Mignon Fogarty's practical and easy-to-remember advice about writing style and word usage. Her first book, Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, hit the New York Times bestseller list, and her weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded more than 20 million times and hailed by USA Today as “authoritative but warm.” Now Grammar Girl serves up bite-sized lessons on language that are sure to inspire.

Praise for The Grammar Devotional

"Delightfully droll...Grammar Girl gives clear explanations with helpful examples."
The Los Angeles Times

"Fogarty...has become the country’s go-to gal on grammar...Helpful. Smart. Funny. Fans find Grammar Girl to be all those things."
The Seattle Times

Extended Copyright Information

Copyright 2009 by Mignon Fogarty, Inc. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

Previously published by Macmillan.


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About the Author

Mignon Fogarty is the creator of Grammar Girl and the founder and managing director of Quick and Dirty Tips. Formerly a magazine writer, technical writer, and entrepreneur, she has a B.A. in English from the University of Washington in Seattle and an M.S. in biology from Stanford University. She lives in Reno, Nevada. Visit her website at www.quickanddirtytips.com.

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People are often moved and challenged by nuggets gleaned on a daily basis—whether from a spiritual devotional, a tip-a-day calendar, or a regularly e-mailed newsletter. But there are few groups who need constant encouragement more than writers—it is, after all, a mostly solitary practice. _The ...

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Copyright 2009 by Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

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4/5 4.00

Reviewed by hellohello on Nov 19, 2009

Sweet and charming.

The daily entries are very concise. They may be useful to some writers, but I already knew the first two grammar rules she related, the only ones being shared here. However, I've taken a grammar course, so I should. I would recommend this to anyone who is a reluctant reader and is clueless about grammar, because the author is so endearing and bright.

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