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Author O'Conner, Patricia T.

Title Woe is I jr. : the younger grammarphobe's guide to better English in plain English / Patricia T. O'Conner ; drawings by Tom Stiglich.

Publication Info. New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2007]
©2007

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J372.6 O'CO    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 428.2 O'CONNOR    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Juvenile Nonfiction  J 428.2 O'CONNER    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J415 O"CONNER    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J428.2 OC5W    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Children  J Writing/The Arts 428.2 O'CO    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Children's Department  J 428.2 O'CO    Check Shelf
Description 152 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Awards A Junior Library Guild selection
Note Includes index.
Contents "I" witness: when words need stand-ins -- Plurals before swine: sometimes there's more than one -- Yours truly: possessives and the possessed -- Action figures: words that do the work -- Working out: action figures in action -- Small miracles: incredible shrinking words -- Casting a spell: How to be letter perfect -- Capital crimes: when size matters -- Endangered list: the bruised, the abused, and the misused -- Connecting the dots: All about punctuation -- Tales from the crypt: clichés that just won't die -- Online skating: the rules of the road -- Grammar talk: some technical terms and what they mean.
Summary Uses simple language and fun examples to show how to speak English properly.
Subject English language -- Grammar -- Juvenile literature.
English language -- Usage -- Juvenile literature.
English language -- Grammar.
English language -- Usage.
Added Author Stiglich, Tom, illustrator.
ISBN 9780399243318 hardcover $16.99
0399243313 hardcover $16.99
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