My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?)

A runaway hit and Sunday Times bestseller in 2008, My Grammar and I has continued to grow in popularity, becoming the go-to guide for grammar. Repackaged with a fresh jacket design, this much-loved gift title is now available in paperback, for new readers and fans of the series alike. My Grammar and I offers amusing examples of awful grammar, while steering you in the direction of grammatical greatness. Taking you on a tour of the English language through the minefield of rules and conditions that can catch you out, from dangling modifiers to split infinitives, it highlights the common pitfalls that every English language user faces on a day to day basis. Refreshing everything you should have learned at school and more, My Grammar and I is informative yet entertaining—an ideal buy for any English language enthusiast.

"Will do for grammar what Eats Shoots and Leaves did for punctuation." —Times

"Beautifully produced . . . a lot of fun." —Tribune

"If you belong to the generation who missed out on being taught grammar at school then out this book on top of your Christmas wish list. If you were taught, then put it on your wish list. Everyone should have this book, in fact . . . a great stocking filler for total grammar novices and experts alike." —Northern Echo

"Sensible and concise . . . shows you how to make our wonderful, fluid language work for you rather than against you." —Good Book Guide

"This book would be the perfect Christmas gift for anyone who is genuinely interested in why we write the way in which we do, or who likes doing what's right and proper." —Basingstoke Gazette

"A useful book for anyone with an interest in the English language and an excellent stocking filler." —Wolverhampton Chronicle

"A useable refresher . . . pedants will also find answers to those evergreen contentious teasers." —Bournemouth Daily Echo

"It's a little gem that takes you on a tour of the English language." —Knutsford Guardian

Caroline Taggart is the bestselling author of I Used to Know That and, in the same series, An Apple a Day and A Classical Education. She also co-wrote My Grammar and I (or should that be 'Me'?). Her other books include Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English, The Book of English Place Names, and The Book of London Place Names. She also appears frequently on radio and TV giving her opinion on such subjects as whether or not there should be an apostrophe in Druids Cross and, if so, where it should go. J. A. Wines is a writer, compiler, and editor, and the principal amanuensis—if not muse—to A. Parody, the genius behind the bestselling Eats, Shites & Leaves: Crap English and How To Use It and A Shite History of Nearly Everything. Her other works include The Book of Garden Games and The Book of Lies.