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Recommended Reading:
- Dowling, Dave. _The Wrong Word Dictionary: 2,000 Most Commonly Confused Words_. Oak Park, IL: Marion Street Press, 2005.
- Gordon, Karen Elizabeth. _The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed_. New York: Pantheon, 1993. [N.B. This one is odd, but if you're not a fan of traditional grammar books, you might like it!]
- O'Conner, Patricia T. _Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English_. New York: Riverhead, 1996.
- Strunk, William, Jr. and E.B. White. _The Elements of Style_. 3rd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1979.
- Truss, Lynne. _Eats Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation_. New York: Gotham, 2003. [N.B. A recent bestseller, a rare accomplishment for a grammar book!]
- Walraff, Barbara. _Word Court; Wherein verbal virtue is rewarded, crimes against the language are punished, and poetic justice is done_. New York: Harcourt, 2000.
- Zinsser, William. _On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction_. 6th ed. New York: Harper Collins, 1998.
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