Description: "For beginners to more advanced students, this guide covers it all: the parts of speech, sentences, and punctuation are all explained clearly and concisely in Grammar Girl's ... accessible style. Pop quizzes are scattered throughout to reinforce the explanations, as well as Grammar Girl's trademark Quick and Dirty Tips-- ... memory tricks to help with those challenging rules"--Back cover.
Brief description: MIGNON FOGARTY is the creator of Grammar Girl and the founder of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network. She is a five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards, an inductee of the Podcast Hall of Fame, a New York Times bestselling author, and the former chair of media entrepreneurship in the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada. She has appeared as a guest expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show and the Today show, and she currently lives in California with her husband, Patrick. Visit her website at Quick And Dirty Tips to sign up for her free email newsletter and podcast.
Review Quotes:
"Budding writers will find it invaluable." --School Library Journal
"This guide is accessible to all, whether writing is limited to texting and e-mailing or creating the next great novel...Fogarty has succeeded in furnishing students with a witty guide to an often-challenging part of daily life." --VOYA "As a guide to dip into and peruse, it will be a solid and enjoyable resource for writers everywhere." --Kirkus Reviews "The Ultimate Writing Guide for Students [goes] beyond vocabulary into grammar and the structure of writing. But it's not a dry, boring reference ... this guide is both informative and user-friendly...The main message [is]: You can write; here are the tools." --Lisa McLendon, The News & Observer (Raleigh)