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...A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--and How to Avoid Them
by Bill Walsh, McGraw Hill, ISBN 0809225352
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I like this guy a lot. He's chief business/economy copy editor for the Washington Post, and while he describes himself as a curmudgeon, he's really just practical. And he's funny, as well. I always go to him when Strunk and White, bless their hearts, don't serve.
Couple of quotes:
"A finely tuned ear is at least as important as formal grammar, and that's not something you can acquire by memorizing a stylebook."
"Remember--Roommate: Two m's, unless you ate a room or mated with a roo."
All seriousness aside, the book is well organized and extremely useful.
Here's the amazon.com link:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?T29253FC5
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