Good Grammar is the Life of the Party: Tips for a Wildly Successful Life

Good Grammar is the Life of the Party: Tips for a Wildly Successful Life

by Curtis Honeycutt
Good Grammar is the Life of the Party: Tips for a Wildly Successful Life

Good Grammar is the Life of the Party: Tips for a Wildly Successful Life

by Curtis Honeycutt

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Overview

"Those who can't be bothered with another dry grammar guide owe it to themselves to give this a look."

-Publishers Weekly

Grammar rules!

Good Grammar is the Life of the Party: Tips for a Wildly Successful Life will convert certified grammar goofballs into bonafide word nerds.

As the writer of the award-winning humor column "Grammar Guy," Curtis Honeycutt's grammar advice appears in over 40 newspapers each week. His debut book-filled with witty word wisdom-is designed to make your life more awesome by improving your grammar.

Do you love language, but sometimes get tripped up by confusing grammar rules? Good Grammar is the Life of the Party is like a cheat code for your social life. Level up your grammar game to become a linguistic legend-from romantic relationships to job promotions to getting invited to fancy roof parties. Climb the corporate ladder, convince people you're smart, and win at life with dozens of helpful tips on how to master the English language.

Grammar aficionados and beginners alike will love this fresh, friendly approach to tackling American English grammar and punctuation rules. This book answers some of life's most pressing questions, including:

  • How can I make myself irresistible to attractive people?
  • What's a moot?
  • Why don't people like me?
  • How can I increase my holiday card list to over 1,000 friends?
  • Is irregardless even a word?
  • Where can I find the best box of wine?
  • Can I...or, may I...end a sentence in a preposition?
  • Are robot overlords ruining our grammar?
  • What are the chances I'll get killed by a falling coconut?

GGITLOTP offers accessible mini-essays that provide a quirky spin on proper grammar usage along with tips for achieving massive personal success.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780578560038
Publisher: County Publishing
Publication date: 05/01/2020
Pages: 244
Sales rank: 718,653
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Curtis Honeycutt started writing about grammar in his local newspaper. His column, Grammar Guy, has since won multiple awards and now appears in newspapers across the U.S. Originally from Oklahoma, Honeycutt now lives in Indiana with his wife, Carrie, and their two children, Miles and Maeve.

Table of Contents

Introduction: This book will make your life better

Second Introduction: Put away the red pen

Social Success: How good grammar will win you friends and make you the star at any party

Interlude: North Dakota is real

Crush It at Work: How good grammar will get you promoted from intern to CEO in (approximately) two week

Win at Life: How good grammar will help you achieve your wildest dreams

Interlude: Have the best words

Lucky in Love: How good grammar will make you irresistible to attractive people

Become King of the Word Nerds: How good grammar will make you the coolest smart person in the history of the universe

Extroduction

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

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