Date:    Thu, 19 Mar 1998 14:09:23 -0500
<br>From:    BETSY A RYAN  ZFFV06A[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]PRODIGY.COM 
<br>Subject: seeking textbook advice
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<br>-- [ From: Nick Mankovich * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] --
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<br>Mark:  To complement the basic grammar handbook by Strunk & White
<br>suggested by Bethany, try two other short and very entertaining books on
<br>common grammatical problems, "Woe is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to
<br>Better English in Plain English," by Patricia T. O'Conner (Putnam's,
<br>1996) and "The Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the
<br>Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed," by Karen Elizabeth Gordon (Random
<br>House, 1984).
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<br>-Betsy Ryan
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