ELLEN JOVIN is an internationally acclaimed grammar and language expert. She has written three other books on writing and grammar: English At Work: Find and Fix Your Mistakes in Business English; Essential Grammar for Business: The Foundation of Good Writing; and Writing for Business: Professionalism, Integrity & Power.Ellen has achieved fluency in six languages and has studied more than 25 in nine different writing systems for fun. She is a co-founder of Syntaxis, a communication skills training firm whose clients include many multinational corporations. Earlier in her career, Ellen taught English as an adjunct lecturer at New York University and other colleges, and then spent several years as a full-time freelance writer.Ellen has a B.A. in German studies from Harvard University and an M.A. in comparative literature from UCLA.
In Rebel with a Clause, Ellen Jovin has given us a
street-level view of English grammar and usage, engaging with kids,
drunks, cranks, and dads all over this land. From Verdi Square to
Venice Beach, Fargo to New Orleans, she brings organization and
clarity to every subject she lights on, presiding over the Grammar
Table with tact, humility, and irrepressible playfulness. A fresh
and democratic take on language by a gifted teacher. -- Mary Norris
author of Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen and
Greek to Me
Ellen Jovin is, literally, a public grammarian, doling out advice
on myriad fine points of language from behind a folding table she
first set up in Manhattan's Verdi Park. In Rebel with a
Clause, Jovin shares not only her story as an itinerant
language maven but so much first-rate wisdom about everything from
the effective wielding of commas to differentiating between
'effect' and 'affect' (to say nothing of 'who' and 'whom') that you
may not realize till you finish the book that you've learned so
much. And she does it with sweetness and an enviable generosity of
spirit. She never hectors, never finger-points; she enlightens and
illuminates. This is lovely work. -- Benjamin Dreyer, author of the
New York Times bestseller Dreyer's English
Charming tales of grammatical passion. -- Mignon Fogarty, author of
the New York Times bestseller Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips
for Better Writing.
Lemonade? Psychiatric help from Lucy? This [Grammar Table] stand in
NYC will deal with your grammatical problems. -- Steven Pinker *
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This Grammar Guru will solve the world's problems.
Or, at least, help you figure out when to use an Oxford comma.
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