# Grammar Geek

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- Book: [Grammar Geek](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-powell/grammar-geek) ([Grammar Geek.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-powell/grammar-geek.md))
- Authors: [Michael Powell](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-powell)
- Publisher: Cassell
- ISBN: 978-17-8840-200-2
- Published: 2019-10-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

English is full of beauty and surprises, yet despite being the lingua franca of the globalization world, it has a reputation for being difficult to learn because its grammar has also so many quirks and contradictions. Did you know: - " Terry loves yogurt" is an example of illeism - preposition stranding is a bogus rule - sometimes it's acceptable to begin a sentence with " but" or " and" - " Could you pass the salt?" is " whimperative" - it's OK to boldly split infinitives Many of us don't even know the basics, so not only does Grammar Geek reveal obscure grammar rules and bogus ones you can safely ignore, it's also a handy primer, so in the future you'll have no excuse for dangling a modifier or misplacing a semicolon.