Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know about Writing

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Summary: NO MORE JOKES!!
Review: Words Fail Me brings a lighthearted approach to the misery of grammar and punctuation. Patricia T. O'Conner does a good job of making insistent humorous jokes during the course of this book but leaves the reader without a sense of actually learning anything of value. After reading this book I found myself not wanting to ever hear another English joke again!


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Summary: refresher course
Review: Words fail me is like a refresher course of high school English classes. The book covers the basics of writing. For a required text it isn't too bad, I've read much worse. O'Conner does give some useful info and is easy to read and understand. But on the other hand it was a little boring and O'Conner's jokes are not funny.

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Summary: Words Fail Me Review
Review: Words Fail Me is simple and informative. It offers clear, story-like instructions on how to write clearly and effectively. Grammar and punctuation are included in this book, but the main point is to know how to write in a way that makes sense to the reader.
I found this book to be very to read, quite a bit boring, and nothing new. I can't say that I finished it and felt enlightened, or as if I learned anything.
However, I think it could be fairly helpful to a person who has forgotten or hasn't learned basic writing techniques.