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Summary: Finally found the "perfect" grammmar book
Review: I've been looking for a long time. Until now, I found only grammar books with little bits and pieces of useful information, but the books, on the whole, were extremely dry, and painful to trudge through. I stumbled across Mr. Good's book, and fate must have caused me to look at the particular spot on the shelf in the bookstore. I picked it up, and within seconds of reading the Preface, I knew this was the book I had been searching for. I read the book in just a few days, and it has answered writing questions that have plagued me (consciously and unconsciously) for as long as I can remember. Reading this book brought me a sense of relief and calm, as I no longer felt that grammar was a mysterious tune that only a few were fortunate enough to hear. I have nothing but excellent things to say about this book, and cannot recommend it enough. You will be thankful.
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Summary: Must read.
Review: If you're only going to read one book on grammar, make it this one. If only my teachers had used this has a text book, I would have gotten fewer detentions. :>)!
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Summary: IT'S ABOUT TIME!!
Review: It's high time someone wrote a grammar book that combined clarity, wit, and ease of use. Good has managed to do all three, while at the same time simplifying the process of answering those pesky little questions which (that?) seem to devil most of us. This book belongs on the desk of anyone whose work entails writing---and that includes most of us!
Better than Good----it's Excellent!
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Summary: Great Refresher of Lost Tools
Review: Mr. Good brings forth a refreshing approach to a lost art, that of writing. As we continue to degrade globally in our communication skills, Mr. Good provides us with most useful, and easily understood guidance in hopes of getting our writing back on track. In the business world I am constantly bombarded with tainted memos, e-mails and communications that leave me to wonder what happened to the command of the english language. This book is a great step foward in getting me back in touch with how to correctly communicate with my clients, peers, and prospective clients without embarrassing myself due to the lost art of writing properly and getting my point across.
It has been said many times, "It's not what you say, but HOW you say it". So now I have a guidebook on once again saying it correctly.
This book should be a must for anyone in the business of communicating.
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Summary: A Useful Reference and an Enjoyable Read
Review: Mr. Good has taken a dry subject and made it fun to read about. Most grammar books are used as a reference only. One wouldn't think of reading a grammar book from cover to cover - until this book. This book is useful as a reference, but it's also lively enough to read from front to back. I heartily recommend Mr. Good's latest book.
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Summary: Concise, Masterful...and Fun!
Review: Needing more than Strunk & White's excellent but all-too-brief guide, I chose this book because of its popularity and highly favorable reviews here on Amazon. With clear prose that itself exemplifies what he teaches, Mr. Good succeeds in the Herculean task of explaining English grammar. Beginning with a chapter each for the eight parts of speech, Good then makes four suggestions for writers: use fewer nouns and more verbs, rely less on the verb "to be," favor the active voice over the passive, and use phrases more than clauses. If you're like me, and you don't even remember what a clause is (a clause contains a conjugated verb; a phrase does not), you'll like Mr. Good for adding a little humor: some of our language's baffling rules are attributed to cave-dwelling ancestors Amber and Igor, with whom Good has made his grade-school grammar teacher, Miss Hamrick, contemporary. Good then teaches you to make your basic well-cast sentences come alive by using subordination, parallel construction, and noun substitution (instead of nouns, using prepositional, adjectival, adverbial, verbal and other phrases). Finally, the book presents thirteen brief chapters each addressing a common grammatical pitfall, such as "who" versus "whom", and finishes with eleven chapters covering the eleven English punctuation marks. Whether you write for a living or for fun, or just want to understand the language, your ability to write, to communicate, and to think will be greatly helped by this worthy book.
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Summary: LOL....secondly
Review: Sorry, had to post this. ESL means English as a second language. NOT secondly.
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Summary: Enjoyable, entertaining, and very useful!
Review: Start with the Preface, and this grammar book will have you howling with laughter! The magic of this book derives from its conversational tone conveying highly useful information. You will actually enjoy reading this book - and it is a grammar book!
The chapter titles start off as you might expect: nouns, verbs, adjectives. Later, chapters entitled "Their mixing up they're 'theres'" and "Like, I'mlike gonna like learn how to like talk" address specific grammatical and stylistic mistakes common in American English. An entire 50-page section explains using punctuation marks - the "period" through "quotation marks." Most creatively, these lessons come alive in the persons of Miss Hamrick, a stern but likeable 7th grade teacher and grammarian, and Billy Womble and pals - the 13 year-old Joe Everymans who, like all of us, struggle to get it right. I thoroughly recommend this well-crafted book to all who speak or write the English language.
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Summary: Simply A Treasure!
Review: This book is amusing, it is witty, and it is just plain good. I consider myself lucky to have come across this treasure of a book and would like to thank Mr. Good for writing it. As a professional engineer who speaks English as a second language, I have been searching for a grammar book I can use to improve my grammar proficiency. Over the years, I bought many grammar books that quickly started collecting dust. First of all, grammar is a dry subject, and one is quickly tempted to give up. Second, most books do not seem to address the needs of those who speak and write English as a second language. Well, this one is different on both accounts. In less than a month since I started reading "Oops Me," I have covered more material than I had in years with other books. And the best part is that I am enjoying the learning. Mr. Good is a natural storyteller, and once he engages you, learning becomes an adventure, a joy ride really. In a word, this book is a "must."
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Summary: The worst book
Review: This book was the worst. I kept losing focus on what the author was saying-in one chapter he said, "I know I am losing your attention" and he truly was, I was literally falling asleep.
I think they are much more interesting books out there that can help you with your grammer. The topic is already boring I don't need the book/author to be just as boring.
I would recommend - Actiongrammar: Fast, No-Hassle Answers on Everyday Usage and Punctuation - This book is quick and interesting. (As for the star it didn't deserve any but as you all know I had to give at least one.)
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