Things That Make Us [Sic]

About Things That Make Us [Sic], by Martha Brockenbrough

In 2004 a little book about punctuation—Eats, Shoots, and Leaves—became an international bestseller. Misplaced commas had never been so funny.

Things That Make Us [Sic] goes one step beyond, poking a pointy stick at abuses in the rest of the English language. Written by the founder of the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar, Things That Make Us [Sic] takes on Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and even the White House for improper punctuation, misused words, botched spelling, cheesy clichés, and other plagues of the mother tongue.

It’s not just a prescriptivist’s handbook, though. The author devotes an entire chapter to rules that can, should, and must be broken.

Anyone who loves language, appreciates pop culture, and has a good sense of humor will love this book, available in bookstores and online in September, 2008.

Order now from Amazon.com: Things That Make Us (Sic): The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar Takes on Madison Avenue, Hollywood, the White House, and the World.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Grammar for Spammers and Pop Stars
Chapter 2: Vizzinis, Evil Twins and Vampires
Chapter 3: You Put a Spell on Me
Chapter 4: Vulgar Latin and Latin Lovers
Chapter 5: $%&*#$ Punctuation
Chapter 6: No, You Can’t Has Cheezburger? The Parts of Speech and How Sentences Form
Chapter 7: Things That Make Us Tense
Chapter 8: Cliches—and Why Shakespeare is a Pox Upon Us
Chapter 9: The Enemy Within: Flab, Jargon and the People in Your Office
Chapter 10: Rules that Never Were, Are No More, and Should Be Broken

Special bonus feature: Clip’n’Send Letters from SPOGG

Things That Make Us [Sic]

THINGS THAT MAKE US [SIC]