‘The Grammar Devotional’ (Fogarty, Mignon. 2009.)
One of my odd hobbies is picking up grammar advice books and seeing how long it takes me to get angry.
This book didn’t bring me to towering heights of rage. In fact, in my skimming, the advice all seemed pretty solid and, more importantly, advice i agreed with. The only thing that bothered me was the “devotional” format. It’s a cute idea — a different bit of grammar advice for every day of the week. But, personally, i’d rather my grammar advice be sensibly organized rather than presented in a quasi-religious format.
Not something i’ll be buying for my collection, but not bad to flip thru’.
Heey, I just read this recently, too. I thought it was really cute (I didn’t realize that devotionals are usually religious things… oops!), and I liked that she was giving tips on how to balance between the descriptivists and prescriptivists :)
Oh, that’s a good observation RE: balance between descriptivists/prescriptivists. I hadn’t noticed it myself (because i just flipped thru’ it), but that’s good to know!