Have You Eaten Grandma?

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Pedantic about punctuation or scrupulous about spelling? You’ll love this hilarious and definitive guide to 21st century language from grammar-guru Gyles Brandreth’Brandreth excels . . . in all his linguistic joie de vivre’ GuardianDon’t know if it’s, like, okay to say ‘like’?Are your apostrophe’s in the wrong place?Want to make fewer not less grammatical mistakes?Then do not despair, Have You Eaten Grandma? is the definitive (and hilarious) guide to punctuation, spelling, and good English for the twenty-first century.Self-confessed grammar guru Gyles Brandreth pokes fun at the linguistic foibles of our time, tells us where we’ve been going wrong (and how to put it right), and reveals his tips and tricks to make every one of us better, more confident users (not abusers) of the English language. End of.Is ‘End of’ alright? Wait, is ‘alright’ all right?You’ll find out right here . . .This hilarious companion to 21st century language is perfect for anyone pedantic about punctuation or scrupulous about spelling.’A laugh-a-lot, spanning everything . . . great book, I’m loving this’ Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2

Additional information

Weight 0.226 kg
Dimensions 2 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

320

Publisher

Year Published

2020-10-1

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1405945087

Review Quote

Best thing ever, laugh-a-lot, spanning everything. Great book, I'm loving this

Other text

Brilliant, clear, entertaining, very funny and often outright silly. Brandreth excels . . . in all his linguistic joie de vivre and amusing self-awareness