Have You Eaten Grandma?
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2020
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4059-4508-0 (ISBN)
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4059-4508-0 (ISBN)
Pedantic about punctuation or scrupulous about spelling? You'll love this hilarious and definitive guide to 21st century language from grammar-guru Gyles Brandreth
'Brandreth excels . . . in all his linguistic joie de vivre' Guardian
Don't know if it's, like, okay to say 'like'?
Are your apostrophe's in the wrong place?
Want to make fewer not less grammatical mistakes?
Then do not despair, Have You Eaten Grandma? is the definitive (and hilarious) guide to punctuation, spelling, and good English for the twenty-first century.
Self-confessed grammar guru Gyles Brandreth pokes fun at the linguistic foibles of our time, tells us where we've been going wrong (and how to put it right), and reveals his tips and tricks to make every one of us better, more confident users (not abusers) of the English language. End of.
Is 'End of' alright? Wait, is 'alright' all right?
You'll find out right here . . .
This hilarious companion to 21st century language is perfect for anyone pedantic about punctuation or scrupulous about spelling.
'A laugh-a-lot, spanning everything . . . great book, I'm loving this' Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2
'Brandreth excels . . . in all his linguistic joie de vivre' Guardian
Don't know if it's, like, okay to say 'like'?
Are your apostrophe's in the wrong place?
Want to make fewer not less grammatical mistakes?
Then do not despair, Have You Eaten Grandma? is the definitive (and hilarious) guide to punctuation, spelling, and good English for the twenty-first century.
Self-confessed grammar guru Gyles Brandreth pokes fun at the linguistic foibles of our time, tells us where we've been going wrong (and how to put it right), and reveals his tips and tricks to make every one of us better, more confident users (not abusers) of the English language. End of.
Is 'End of' alright? Wait, is 'alright' all right?
You'll find out right here . . .
This hilarious companion to 21st century language is perfect for anyone pedantic about punctuation or scrupulous about spelling.
'A laugh-a-lot, spanning everything . . . great book, I'm loving this' Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2
Gyles Brandreth is a writer, broadcaster and former MP and Government Whip. His many books include the bestselling poetry anthology, Dancing by the Light of the Moon, and the international bestseller about spelling and punctuation, Have You Eaten Grandma? With Susie Dent, the lexicographer from Countdown, he co-hosts the award-winning podcast, Something Rhymes with Purple. Gyles presents Great Canal Journeys on Channel 4 with Dame Sheila Hancock and regularly appears on Celebrity Gogglebox with Dame Maureen Lipman.
Erscheinungsdatum | 29.09.2020 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
Gewicht | 225 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga |
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4059-4508-7 / 1405945087 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4059-4508-0 / 9781405945080 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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