I purchased this eBook for just a couple of bucks through Goodreads' daily sales offer. Reading about writing is hardly ever fun; but, I have to say I really enjoyed this book. The author teaches the English language to foreigners and has her teaching skills finely tuned.

In this book, she has gathered together some of the more common problems writers seem to have about writing. She touched on many of my own problems I have with writing. This will definitely be one of my top go-to books. I now wish I had a hard copy.

One thing I have learned from this book is that the rules for writing are forever changing. What I may have learned in high school, back in in the 1980’s, may no longer apply today. I was surprised to find some rules of writing were more about style rather than being a hard and fast rule. It will depend on your editor, your teacher, your boss. This book was published in 2008 and I’m sure there have even been changes since then.

You can stay up-to-date by following her on Facebook (Grammar Girl); subscribe to her free weekly Grammar Girl podcast at iTunes; or subscribe to e-mails from her Grammar Girl: Quick and Dirty Tips website. ( )

I have a few grammar-type books ..which ostensibly help one distinguish between "affect" and "effect"....and similar difficult grammatical issues. But Mignon has a lovely way of putting things and comes up with sensible compromises to current grammar and tricky problems. I think it's a really useful reference. Happy to recommend it and happy to take her advice on a few things where the formal rules don't seem to work too well. ( )

I learned several tips for improving my grammar. After being an author for three years, I'm still brushing up on all things grammatical. Sometimes it makes my head spin. Grammar Girl made refreshing my brain fun. The only drawback was that I wish there was less ad lib. But despite the ad lib, reading her how-to book like a novel allowed me to study her style and observe how she incorporates what she teaches. ( )

Very good book to have for future refference! ( )

If you write for business or pleasure this is an excellent resource. It's not a style guide (there are already gazillions of those) but it does tackle 24 of the most common grammar 'issues' by offering easy tips and memory tricks to help you remember grammar rules. The author also produces a weekly podcast on the topic and offers an email mailing list with even more tips for better writing. ( )