Bill  Walsh
A usage guide for writers and all lovers of language from Bill Walsh, language maven, copy editor at ,The Washington Post,, and author of, Lapsing into a Comma,.,Calling all language sticklersâ€”and those who love to argue with them! Usage maven Bill Walsh expounds (rather than expands) on his pet peeves in the long-awaited follow-up (note the hyphens, please) to ,The Elephants of Style, and ,Lapsing Into a Comma,.,Could you care less? Does bad grammar â€œliterallyâ€ make your head explode? Test your need for this bookÂ with these sentences: , "Katrina misplaced many residents of New Orleans from their homes.","Mark had a full schedule of meetings. His first of the day was a small businessman, followed byÂ a high schoolteacher.","Betty was 100% percent wrong.", ,Pat yourself on the back if you found issues in every one of these sentences, but remember: There is a world out there beyond the stylebooks, beyond Strunk andÂ White, beyond Lynne Truss and Failblogs. Part usage manual, part confessional and part manifesto, ,Yes, I ,Could, Care Less ,bounces from sadomasochism to weather geekery, ,Top Chef, to Monty Python. It is a lively and often personal look at one manâ€™s continuing journey through the obstacle course that some refer to, far too simply, as â€œgrammar.â€
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Yes, I Could Care Less: How to Be a Language Snob Without Being a Jerk