*New York Times Bestseller * One of NPR's Best Books of 2017 A wise and entertaining guide to writing English the proper way by one of the greatest newspaper editors of our time. Harry Evans has edited everything from the urgent files of battlefield reporters to the complex thought processes of Henry Kissinger. He's even been knighted for his services to journalism. In DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?, he brings his indispensable insight to us all in his...

"A short and entertaining book on the modern art of writing well by New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even care about good writing? Why should any of us care? In The Sense of Style, the bestselling linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker answers these questions and more. Rethinking...

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Who or whom? Lay or lie? Conjunction, pronoun, predicate, or gerund? If such questions and terms leave you scratching your head, you need the hip and fun follow-up to Nitty-gritty grammar. With a new, easy-to-use alphabetical format and the same winning formula of wacky cartoons, off-the-wall examples, and catchy reminders, MORE nitty-gritty grammar will help you sidestep common bloopers, untangle your malapropisms, secure those dangling modifiers,...

"A Comprehensive Russian Grammar is the definitive guide to Russian usage and the standard reference work for students and professionals alike. Now in its fourth edition, it has been updated throughout by Russian language expert David Gillespie. His revisions reflect the grammatical and lexical changes in the digital age, and the new market-oriented economy of capitalist Russia, as well as the introduction of new accessible usage examples from Russian...