The Resource Between you & me : confessions of a Comma Queen, Mary Norris
Between you & me : confessions of a Comma Queen, Mary Norris
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The item Between you & me : confessions of a Comma Queen, Mary Norris represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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- Summary
- A New Yorker copy veteran presents laugh-out-loud descriptions of some of the most common and vexing errors in language and usage, drawing on examples from classic literature and pop culture while sharing anecdotes from her work with celebrated writers
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 228 pages
- Contents
-
- Confessions of a Comma Queen
- Spelling is for weirdos
- That witch!
- The problem of Heesh
- Between you and me
- Comma comma comma comma, chameleon
- Who put the hyphen in Moby-Dick?
- A dash, a semicolon, and a colon walk into a bar
- What's up with the apostrophe
- F*ck this sh*t
- Ballad of a pencil junkie
- The million-dollar copy editor
- Appendix. Some books I have found particularly helpful
- Isbn
- 9780393240184
- Label
- Between you & me : confessions of a Comma Queen
- Title
- Between you & me
- Title remainder
- confessions of a Comma Queen
- Statement of responsibility
- Mary Norris
- Title variation
- Between you and me
- Subject
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- Norris, Mary, 1952-
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- trueWriting
- trueAuthors, American -- Anecdotes
- trueComma
- trueEditors
- trueEnglish language -- Errors of usage
- English language -- Punctuation
- trueLanguage and languages -- Grammars
- New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925) -- Officials and employees -- Anecdotes
- New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925) -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A New Yorker copy veteran presents laugh-out-loud descriptions of some of the most common and vexing errors in language and usage, drawing on examples from classic literature and pop culture while sharing anecdotes from her work with celebrated writers
- Award
- Library Journal Best Books, 2015.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10409828
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Norris, Mary
- Dewey number
- 428.2
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PE1450
- LC item number
- .N67 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
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- Norris, Mary
- English language
- Comma
- English language
- Women periodical editors
- Authors, American
- Target audience
- adult
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- confessions of a comma queen
- Label
- Between you & me : confessions of a Comma Queen, Mary Norris
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-212) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Confessions of a Comma Queen -- Spelling is for weirdos -- That witch! -- The problem of Heesh -- Between you and me -- Comma comma comma comma, chameleon -- Who put the hyphen in Moby-Dick? -- A dash, a semicolon, and a colon walk into a bar -- What's up with the apostrophe -- F*ck this sh*t -- Ballad of a pencil junkie -- The million-dollar copy editor -- Appendix. Some books I have found particularly helpful
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 228 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393240184
- Lccn
- 2014043252
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- 897468521
- (OCoLC)897468521
- Label
- Between you & me : confessions of a Comma Queen, Mary Norris
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-212) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Confessions of a Comma Queen -- Spelling is for weirdos -- That witch! -- The problem of Heesh -- Between you and me -- Comma comma comma comma, chameleon -- Who put the hyphen in Moby-Dick? -- A dash, a semicolon, and a colon walk into a bar -- What's up with the apostrophe -- F*ck this sh*t -- Ballad of a pencil junkie -- The million-dollar copy editor -- Appendix. Some books I have found particularly helpful
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 228 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393240184
- Lccn
- 2014043252
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 897468521
- (OCoLC)897468521
Subject
- Norris, Mary, 1952-
- trueWomen periodical editors -- United States -- Biography
- trueWriting
- trueAuthors, American -- Anecdotes
- trueComma
- trueEditors
- trueEnglish language -- Errors of usage
- English language -- Punctuation
- trueLanguage and languages -- Grammars
- New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925) -- Officials and employees -- Anecdotes
- New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925) -- Officials and employees -- Biography
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