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Fine and Josephson teach "Nitty-Gritty" Grammar for the San Diego State University extension program and have written many books, including FileADon't Pile.

(St. Martin's, ). Their new book is a clever and fun way to review or learn the rules of grammar/5(56). Nitty Gritty Grammar, Second Edition, focuses on essential areas of English grammar that cause difficulty for developing writers.

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Grammar guides can be dry and pedantic, or they can imbue their somewhat tedious subject with warmth and humor. More Nitty-Gritty Grammar is the latter sort.

An A-to-Z (OK, A-to-Y) guide, it appeals to contemporary students of grammar--be they actual students, workplace writers, or others--with examples they can relate by: 3. The grammar points are illustrated in reading passages from a variety of genres, from comic strips to the 9/11 Commission Report.

Nitty Gritty Grammar boxes summarize key grammar points and serve as easy reference. Five review sections are included for review and : $   Grammar, like love, is a perpetual mystery, and books on how to do either better are eternal.

In NITTY-GRITTY GRAMMAR, Edith H. Fine and Judith P. Josephson attack the homonyms and dangling modifiers that. which. frequently Nitty-gritty grammar book even native speakers, and even delve into the fine points of diagramming/5(6).

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Fine and Judith P. Josephson after teaching grammar review classes to adults. This is not a workbook with fill-in-the-blank questions; it is a grammar reference book with. Besides writing how-to books for adults, including Nitty-Gritty Grammar and More Nitty-Gritty Grammar, the authors have written award-winning biographies, science books, and picture books for children.

They teach grammar and writing through San Diego State University's extension program, and live in Encinitas, California, with their families.4/5(92).

About Nitty-Gritty Grammar. An easy-to-follow guide for all of your grammar needs. With clear text, appealing cartoons, and a focus on common grammatical errors and how to correct them, this little volume is a real gem that should find a permanent place with companies, universities, and anyone seeking a user-friendly guide to style and usage.

As “The Grammar Patrol,” EDITH H. FINE and JUDITH P. JOSEPHSON have fielded grammar questions on radio shows nationwide. They are the authors of Nitty-Gritty Grammar and More Nitty-Gritty s writing how-to books for adults, the authors have written award-winning biographies, science books, and picture books for : Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale.

An easy-to-follow guide for all of your grammar needs. With clear text, appealing cartoons, and a focus on common grammatical errors and how to correct them, this little volume is a real gem that should find a permanent place with companies, universities, and anyone seeking a user-friendly guide to style and usage.4/5(6).

The grammar points are illustrated in reading passages from a variety of genres, from comic strips to the 9/11 Commission Report. Nitty Gritty Grammar boxes summarize key grammar points and serve as easy reference. Five review sections are included for review and consolidation.

The Nitty Gritty Grammar Book: For People on the Go Paperback – 1 Feb. by Edith Hope Fine (Author)/5(46). More Nitty-Gritty Grammar Another Not-So Serious Guide to Clear Communication: This second, more extensive A-Z guide ( pages) builds on the ongoing success of Nitty-Gritty Grammar and delves deeper into grammar specifics.

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Nitty Gritty Grammar, Second Edition, focuses on essential areas of English grammar that cause difficulty for developing writers. This Teacher's Manual provides teaching suggestions, hints about trouble spots and how to handle them, additional examples for use in 5/5(1).

Nitty Gritty Grammar, Second Edition, focuses on essential areas of English grammar that cause difficulty for developing writers. This Teacher's Manual provides teaching suggestions, hints about trouble spots and how to handle them, additional examples for use in presenting the grammar points, and a complete answer key.

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"Nitty-Gritty Grammar" is an outstanding book. I read it prior to having its authors Edith Fine and Judith Josephson on my talk radio show on WRKO Radio in Boston.

They were informative and funny and the phone lines were full the entire hour they were on my show.5/5(5). "Wow! A grammar book that is anything but dull and boring. Rather, Nitty-Gritty Grammar is a delightful review of how our marvelous English language actually works." — Richard Lederer, "Conan the Grammarian" Author of The Write Way, Anguished English, and other books "These lively teachers will try anything to teach grammar, even the comics.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, and teach you to speak and write with clarity and confidence.Their two popular Nitty-Gritty Grammar books include tips, humor, and more than 85 syndicated cartoons, such as Calvin and Hobbes, B.C., For Better or For Worse, Dennis the Menace, Zits, The Far Side.

Whether you’re new, rusty, or doing test prep, both books offer fun, easy review.