Ellen has traveled more than 30,000 miles around the U.S. to address the most pressing—and amusing—grammar questions of our time. Learn grammar while laughing your way through this groundbreaking new grammar travelogue!
“A delightful, educative journey through some prickly regions of English grammar.”
—Kirkus (Starred review)
“A fresh and democratic take on language by a gifted teacher.”
—Mary Norris
New York Times bestselling 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...with sweetness and an enviable generosity of spirit. This is lovely work.”
—Benjamin Dreyer
New York Times bestselling author of Dreyer’s English
“Perhaps the most imaginative book ever written about grammar.”
—Bryan A. Garner
Author, Garner’s Modern English Usage
“Jovin has the gift of making grammar feel like charcuterie instead of medicine.”
—John McWhorter
New York Times bestselling author of Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue and Nine Nasty Words