Best Selling Books by Mignon Fogarty

Online sensation Grammar Girl makes grammar fun and easy in this New York Times bestseller Are you stumped by split infinitives? Terrified of using "who" when a "whom" is called for? Do you avoid the words "affect" and "effect" altogether? Grammar Girl is here to help! Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a. Grammar Girl, is determined to wipe out bad grammar—but she''s also determined to make the process as painless as possible. A couple of years ago, she created a weekly podcast to tackle some of the most common mistakes people make while communicating. The podcasts have now been downloaded more than twenty million times, and Mignon has dispensed grammar tips on Oprah and appeared on the pages of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Written with the wit, warmth, and accessibility that the podcasts are known for, Grammar Girl''s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing covers the grammar rules and word-choice guidelines that can confound even the best writers. From "between vs. among" and "although vs. while" to comma splices and misplaced modifiers, Mignon offers memory tricks and clear explanations that will help readers recall and apply those troublesome grammar rules. Chock-full of tips on style, business writing, and effective e-mailing, Grammar Girl''s print debut deserves a spot on every communicator''s desk.

For beginners to advanced students, this warm and witty guide to writing includes a writing style chapter and a guide to writing everything from school papers to letters to e-mails.

Millions of fans around the globe punctuate properly and communicate clearly thanks to Mignon Fogarty''s practical and easy-to-remember advice about writing style and word usage. Her first book, Grammar Girl''s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, hit the New York Times bestseller list, and her weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded more than 100 million times and hailed by USA Today as "authoritative but warm." Now, in tip-of-the-day form, Grammar Girl serves up 365 lessons on language that are sure to inspire. Filled with new, bite-size writing tips, fun quizzes and puzzles, and efficient memory tricks, The Grammar Devotional gives you a daily dose of knowledge to improve your writing and also serves as a lasting reference you''ll use for years to come.

Millions of people around the world communicate better thanks to Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, whose top-rated weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded more than 40 million times. Now she''s turning her attention to improving our vocabulary—one smart word at a time—with Grammar Girl''s 101 Words to Sound Smart. Are you often stumped for the perfect way to say or write something? Do you find yourself using the same words over and over? Grammar Girl to the rescue! This handy reference guide contains 101 words that will enhance your writing, adding nuance, subtlety, and insight. Using these words in speeches, you''ll sound confident and articulate—a skill that will benefit you for years to come. Full of clear, straightforward definitions and fun quotations from historic luminaries such as Leonardo da Vinci and Charlotte Bronte as well as contemporary notables such as Dave Eggers and Rowan Atkinson, this highly useable guidebook gives you the ability to speak and write eloquently at any occasion, setting you up for a lifetime of success.

Millions of people around the world communicate better thanks to Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, whose top-rated weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded more than 30 million times. After realizing her fans were asking the same questions over and over, Mignon decided to focus her attention on those words that continuously confound the masses. In Grammar Girl''s 101 Misused Words You''ll Never Confuse Again, you''ll learn: - When you should use affect and when effect is right- Whether you should you say purposely or purposefully- The difference between hilarious and hystericalPacked with clear explanations, fun quotations showing the word used in context, and the quick and dirty memory tricks Mignon is known for, this friendly reference guide ends the confusion once and for all and helps you speak and write with confidence.

Previously published as part of Grammar Girl''s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing. Online sensation Grammar Girl makes punctuation fun and easy in Grammar Girl''s Punctuation 911. Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a. Grammar Girl, is determined to wipe out bad punctuation—but she''s also determined to make the process as painless as possible. A couple of years ago, she created a weekly podcast to tackle some of the most common mistakes people make with grammar. The podcasts have now been downloaded more than twenty million times, and Mignon has dispensed grammar tips on Oprah and appeared on the pages of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Now, Mignon tackles the most commonly asked questions regarding punctuation. From semi-colons to serial commas and ellipses to asterisks, Mignon offers memory tricks and clear explanations that will help readers recall and apply those troublesome punctuation rules.

Millions of people around the world communicate better thanks to Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, whose top-rated weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded more than 40 million times. Now she''s turning her attention to solving your worst problems—one troublesome word at a time. Are you feeling "all right" or "alright"? Does "biweekly" mean twice a week or every two weeks? Do you run a gauntlet or a gantlet? Is a pair of twins four people or two? The English language is always changing, and that means we are left with words and phrases that are only sort of wrong (or worse, have different definitions depending on where you look them up). How do you know which to use? Grammar Girl to the rescue! This handy reference guide contains the full 411 on 101 words that have given you trouble before—but will never again. Full of clear, straightforward definitions and fun quotations from pop culture icons such as Gregory House and J. K. Rowling, as well as from classical writers such as Mark Twain and Benjamin Franklin, this highly-useable guidebook takes the guesswork out of your writing, so you''ll never be at a loss for words again.

Millions of people around the world communicate better thanks to Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, whose top-rated weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded more than 30 million times. Now she''s turning her attention to improving our vocabulary—one word at a time—with Grammar Girl''s 101 Words Every High School Graduate Needs to Know. Not sure whether your post-high school vocabulary is up to snuff? This handy reference guide is a great starting point for ensuring you know the words that will help you impress your college professors, hold your own among your peers, write killer papers, and simply sound articulate—a skill that will benefit you for years to come. Full of clear, straightforward definitions and fun quotations from luminaries such as J.D. Salinger and Susan B. Anthony, to characters such as Marge and Homer Simpson, this highly-useable guidebook gives you the confidence to succeed and sets you up for a lifetime of success.

An updated edition of the classic tip-a-day grammar guide from New York Times bestselling author and creator of the Grammar Girl podcast, Mignon Fogarty. One hundred million podcast downloads say it all: Mignon Fogarty''s kicky, practical, and easy-to-remember advice about style and usage has won her fans around the globe. Her first book, Grammar Girl''s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, hit the New York Times bestseller list, and her weekly grammar podcast has been hailed by USA Today as "authoritative but warm." Here in tip-a-day form, Grammar Girl offers 365 lessons on language that are sure to inspire. Chock-full of bite-sized writing tips, fun quizzes, and efficient memory tricks, The Grammar Daily gives you the tools you need to improve your grammar and become an even better communicator, one day at a time. This revised edition of the book, previously published as The Grammar Devotional, has been updated throughout with new lessons and revised content to reflect shifting concerns in style and usage since initial publication.

Graduating college is a momentous achievement. But once the diploma is awarded and the parties are over...now what? What''s the next step? How do we bridge the gap between our college days and the "real world"? That''s where the experts at Quick and Dirty Tips come in. Their wisdom and experience will turn your uncertainty into confidence, your ineptitude into skill, and your questions into answers. In this essential guide for life after college, 12 experts from the Quick and Dirty Tips network tackle the most important issues facing every recent grad. Including: - How do I get a job? - Should I go to law school? - How do I lose the weight I gained in college? - Can writing become a career? - Is my resume causing my unemployment? - How do I stock a healthy kitchen on a budget? - How can I use math to land my dream job? And many others! Incorporate this insightful advice into your post-college life and you''ll cruise straight to real life success!

Chinese edition of Grammar Girl''s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing. This is touted as the easiest book to use in learning English writing. Fogarty is the Grammar Girl on the net. She podcast her programs through iPod. Easy to remember tips. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Traditional Chinese edition of The Grammar Devotional with English. In Traditional Chinese/English. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Help your readers understand your writing easily and fully by leveraging the basics of good punctuation. In this course, instructor Mignon Fogarty, better known as Grammar Girl, shows you how. First, she introduces the apostrophe and how it is used to show ownership, make contractions, and occasionally form plurals. Next, Mignon dives into the many uses of commas, including after an introductory element, between different clauses, and as a serial comma. Learn how to use hyphens in compound modifiers, with prefixes, and as a suspensive hyphen. Find out how to use question marks in different types of questions. Explore how to use quotation marks with commas and periods, as well as with other punctuation marks. After this, Mignon walks you through using semicolons to join main clauses and in complicated lists. She also covers parentheses, abbreviations, asterisks, colons, and dashes, and more.

Have you ever had to cite a sight you saw while on site? English has many troublesome words that people commonly confuse, which can lead to misunderstandings, confusion, and embarrassment. Using the wrong word can affect your credibility and have an adverse effect on communication. In this course, Mignon Fogarty, better known as Grammar Girl, covers some of the most frequently misused words, from words that sound the same, like "compliment" and "complement," to words with commonly misunderstood meanings, like "farther" and "further." Learn how to write with more confidence, make fewer mistakes, and spend less time doubting how to use these tricky words.

미국인도 반한 초간단 문법 안내서 세련된 영작을 위한 영문법 지침서 『그래머걸의 초간단 영문법』. 일상에서 글을 쓰는 이들을 위한 실용적인 영어 문법 안내서. 재미있는 어구와 단어를 바르게 선택하는 것부터 기발한 암기법, 까다로운 문법 규칙까지 영어로 글을 쓸 때 알아둬야 할 실질적인 도움을 전한다. 오프라 윈프리 쇼에 출연할 정도로 미국에서도 큰 관심을 불러일으킨 저자는 영어로 글을 쓰면서 사람들이 저지르는 문법적 실수를 하나로 엮어 간단하게 익힐 수 있도록 친절한 설명과 영작 방법을 제시했다. ☞ 북소믈리에 한마디! a를 쓸지 an을 쓸지, alot? a lot? 일지, bring인지 take인지 등 영어로 글을 쓸 때 고민하게 되는 문법 규칙을 간단명료하게 설명하는 이 책은 재미있는 예문과 참신한 암기법을 통해 세련된 영작을 알려준다. 특히 문법의 원리원칙만을 따지는 것이 아니라 영작 스타일까지 고민하고 쓸 수 있도록 안내해준다. 총 9장으로 구성되어 있으며 골치 아픈 단어, 글쓰기의 기본 문법, 다양한 문장 부호, 대명사의 기능과 용법, 인터넷 영어 규칙, 자신만의 독특한 글쓰기 방식 등을 소개한다.

Dokumentarfilm, USA, Original mit Untertiteln: Grammatik ist eines der Themen, die sogar sichere Schreiber oft dazu bringt, sich am Kopf zu kratzen. Aber Grammar Girl, alias Mignon Fogarty, hat erkannt, dass es einen anderen Weg gibt, Grammatik zu unterrichten: Grammatik kann Spaß machen! Sie begann, einen Podcast in ihrem Kleiderschrank aufzuzeichnen, der schnell zu einer Website, einer Bücherserie und einem Phänomen wurde, das über 50 Millionen Zuhörer erreicht. Erfahren Sie in dieser Dokumentation, wie sich Grammar Girl zum Quick and Dirty Tips-Netzwerk entwickelt hat und Migonon dazu bewegt hat, ihre eigene iOS App zu entwickeln.

"Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students" with Traditional Chinese annotation makes this entertaining grammar guide for students, particularly ESL students, a valuable treasury.