DreyerÆs English: An Utterly Correct Gui: The UK Edition

An utterly delightful book to read Dreyers English will stand among the classics on how to use the English language properly. ELIZABETH STROUTA complete joy. For those who care about words - and for those who dont - Dreyers English is the book we have all been waiting for. Wise funny no-nonsense stylish and brilliantly practical. RACHEL JOYCE_____________An indispensable New York Times-bestselling guide to the craft of writing from Random Houses long-time copy chief and one of Twitters leading language gurus.We all write all the time: books blogs tweets emails emails emails - and we all want to write better. Benjamin Dreyer is here to help.As copy chief of Random House 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 playfully brilliantly deconstructing the English language. Dreyers English is the distillation of everything he has learned from copyediting thousands of books the perfect guide not just for writers but for everyone who wants to put their best prose foot forward.Both authoritative and amusing Dreyers English offers lessons on punctuation from the underloved semicolon to the enigmatic en-dash; the rules and non-rules of grammar including why its OK to begin a sentence with And or But and to confidently split an infinitive; and why its best to avoid the doldrums of the Wan Intensifiers and Throat Clearers including very rather of course and the dreaded actually. And yes: Only godless savages eschew the Oxford comma.Stuffed with advice insider wisdom and fun facts this book will prove to be invaluable to everyone who wants to shore up their writing skills mandatory for people who spend their time editing and shaping other peoples prose and - perhaps best of all - an utter treat for anyone who simply revels in language._____________This book is written in British English._____________Benjamin Dreyers brilliant pithy incandescently intelligent book is to contemporary writing what Geoffrey Chaucers poetry was to medieval English: a gift that broadens and deepens the art and the science of literature JON MEACHAMA fascinating guide to grammatical rights and wrongs - practical and useful SEBASTIAN FAULKS SUNDAY TIMESA pleasing read for anyone who has an appreciation for the written word. TIME MAGAZINE BEST 10 NON-FICTION BOOKS OF 2019Witty and piquant [...] full of jokes - and equally full of deliciously deprecating footnotes. JEWISH CHRONICLEPlayful smart self-conscious and personal . . . One encounters wisdom and good sense on nearly every page of Dreyers English. WALL STREET JOURNALA mind-blower--sure to jumpstart any writing project just by exposing you the writer to Dreyers astonishing level of sentence-awareness. GEORGE SAUNDERS author of Lincoln in the BardoBenjamin Dreyer is wise and bitterly experienced and fantastically good company. You should buy his book and read it. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTBoisterously well written ... I recommend it highly. INDEPENDENTDreyer promises to reveal some of the fancy little tricks Ive come across or devised that can make even skilled writing better and does so with accuracy style and humour GUARDIANThis work is that rare writing handbook that writers might actually want to read straight through rather than simply consult. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Review An utterly delightful book to readDreyers English will stand among the classics on how to use the English language properly. ―Elizabeth StroutA mind-blower--sure to jumpstart any writing project just by exposing you the writer to Dreyers astonishing level of sentence-awareness. ―George SaundersOn every page the serious stuff is spiced with his distinctive humour… This is what to look for in a language book: authority without arrogance. There is always more t