"Whether you consider yourself a stickler, a nitpicker, or a rule-breaker in the know, Bad English [may] enlighten, enrage, and perhaps even inspire. Filled with historic and contemporary examples, the book chronicles the long and entertaining history of language mistakes, and features some of our most common words and phrases" --

Identifies ten common errors in English grammar, including troublesome verbs, commas between adjectives, and misusing "I" and "Me."

The English language can be confusing. But it's not rocket surgery. This book is a fascinating suppository of false facts and common errors -- a minefield of information. Have we wetted your appetite? Peaked your interest? Or could you care less? Fall on intensive purposes, this is the book for you. This book features illustrations alongside 50 amusing malapropisms, mixed metaphors and mandegreens. In one foul swoop you'll learn why so many people...

Mary Norris has spent more than three decades in The New Yorker's copy department, maintaining its celebrated high standards. Now she brings her vast experience, good cheer, and finely sharpened pencils to help the rest of us in a boisterous language book as full of life as it is of practical advice. Between You & Me features Norris's laugh-out-loud descriptions of some of the most common and vexing problems in spelling, punctuation, and usage comma...

"A compendium of 100 words and phrases smart people use--even if they only kinda sorta (secretly don't) know what they mean--with pithy definitions and fascinating etymologies to solidify their meanings. Your boss makes a joke about Schrodinger's cat--which is something you've heard of but you're a little vague about what exactly happened (or didn't happen) with that cat. Or you're reading a New Yorker article that explains that "Solecism slipped...