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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A sharp, funny grammar guide they'll actually want to read, from Random House's longtime copy chief and one of Twitter's leading language gurus NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine • Paste • Shelf Awareness“Essential (and delightful!)”—People We all write, all the time: books, blogs, emails. Lots and lots of emails. And we all want to write better. Benjamin Dreyer is here to help. As Random House's copy chief, Dreyer has upheld the standards of the legendary publisher for more than two decades. He is beloved by authors and editors alike—not to mention his followers on social media—for deconstructing the English language with playful erudition. Now he distills everything he has learned from the myriad books he has copyedited and overseen into a useful guide not just for writers but for everyone who wants to put their best prose foot forward. As authoritative as it is amusing, Dreyer's English offers lessons on punctuation, from the underloved semicolon to the enigmatic en dash; the rules and nonrules of grammar, including why it's OK to begin a sentence with “And” or “But” and to confidently split an infinitive; and why it's be
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- Author
- Benjamin Dreyer
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780812995701
- Category
- reference
- Subjects
- Technology, Humor, Language Learning
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (2,934 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (ePUB conv) (2019)
- Dreyer's English (Adapted for Young Readers) : Good Advice for Good Writing (2021)
- Dreyer's english [eBook - NC Digital Library] : An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (2019)
- Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style from the Copy Chief of Random House (2019)
- Dreyer's english [eBook - NC Digital Library] : An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (2020)
- Dreyer's english [eBook - NC Digital Library] : An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (2018)
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