Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style: 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. Wise funny no-nonsense stylish and brilliantly practical.’ RACHEL JOYCE_______________________An indispensable New York Times-bestselling guide to the craft of writing from Random House’s long-time copy chief and one of Twitter’s 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 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 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 Dreyer’s English offers lessons on punctuation from the underloved semicolon to the enigmatic en-dash; the rules and non-rules 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 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 people’s prose and - perhaps best of all - an utter treat for anyone who simply revels in language._______________________This book is written in British English._______________________The best stocking filler/universal pleaser is the wonderful Dreyer’s English. NIGELLA LAWSON SUNDAY TIMESBenjamin Dreyers brilliant pithy incandescently intelligent book is to contemporary writing what Geoffrey Chaucers poetry was to medieval English JON MEACHAMA fascinating guide to grammatical ‘rights’ and ‘wrongs’ - practical and useful SEBASTIAN FAULKS SUNDAY TIMES‘Witty and piquant […] full of jokes - and equally full of deliciously deprecating footnotes.’ JEWISH CHRONICLEDestined to become a classic. THE MILLIONSA 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 TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTIt is Benjamin Dreyers intense love for the English language and his passion for the subject that make the experience of reading Dreyers English such a pleasure AYELET WALDMAN & MICHAEL CHABONAn informative and entertaining handbook on how to write clearer English. It’s pithy witty and a near perfect example of the kind of writing it advocates STING (yes Sting from The Police)This work is that rare writing handbook that writers might actually want to read straight through rather than simply consult. PUBLISHERS WEEKLYAs witty and pragmatic a stylebook as I’ve read: wan and wise. SAM LEITH TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Books of the Year 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 to learn. ―The EconomistBrilliant ―Guardia