Yes, I could care less
Subtitle: how to be a language snob without being a jerk
By: Bill Walsh
Edition: First St. Martin's Griffin edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781250006639; 9781250032010
Subjects: Usage; Style; Grammar; English language; Handbooks, manuals
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: In theory. Caring, more or less : are people just careless? ; Literally, literally : the thing with antlers ; The trouble with apologists : completing the evolution analogy ; The trouble with me : a grammar confessional ; The joy of snobbery, the sting of reality : where the Beatles and Brooks Brothers come in ; The trouble with sticklers : are we the pits? ; More stickler traps : rules that aren't, and habits that shouldn't be; title: In practice. The usual suspects, and some unusual principles : elegant variation? ; Tiny acts of elegance : editing like a ninja ; My lovehate with Strunkwhite : elements of discontent ; When jargon gets jargony : we hate parrots! ; You've been punc'd : the stupidcomma and other things that make you look dumb ; A hyphen manifesto : the turn signal of prose ; The trademark manifesto : a registered grievance; title: In good fun. Return to the Valley of the Retronym : a gin martini with your cowboy potato? ; The S Files : can you order Brussel sprouts in Time Square?; title: In conclusion. The curmudgeon's stylebook : you could look it up.