The Elements of Fucking Style - Couverture souple

Baker, Chris

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 031258377X ISBN 13 : 9780312583774

Editeur : St. Martin's Griffin, 2011

Synopsis

The truth about English is that it can get pretty boring. Dangling modifiers, gerunds, punctuation marks--it's enough to make you want to drop out of high school. Swearing and sex on the other hand, well, these time-honored pastimes warm the cockles of our hearts. Now, The Elements of F*cking Style drags English grammar out of the ivory tower and into the gutter, injecting a dull subject with a much-needed dose of color.

This book addresses everything from common questions ("What the hell is a pronoun?") to philosophical conundrums ("Does not using paragraphs or periods make my thesis read like it was written by a mental patient?"). Other valuable sections include:

-All I've got in this world are my sentences and my balls, and I don't break 'em for nobody

-A colon is more than an organ that gets cancer

-Words your bound to f*ck up

One glance at your friend's blog should tell you everything you need to know about the sorry state of the English language. This book gives you the tools you need to stop looking like an idiot on message boards and in interoffice memos. Grammar has never before been so much f*cking fun.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Chris Baker is an award-winning advertising and social change strategist turned entrepreneur. He is the Founder & CEO of Serious Tissues, a toilet roll brand that fights climate change and deforestation by planting trees with every sale. Over 1.2m trees have been planted in just three years. He is also the Co-Founder of Change Please, a coffee brand that has helped hundreds of homeless people off the streets by training them as baristas, and is available in 23 countries. Change Please was named the World's Leading Social Enterprise in 2018 and in Marketing Week's 100 Most Disruptive Brands in the World. He has spent 20 years working on the world's biggest brands including Unilever, Pepsico, Boots, Sky and Alpro whilst winning over 100 strategic and creative awards along the way.

Grammar nerds Chris Baker and Jacob Hansen are the cofounders of The F*cking Word of the Day.

JACOB HANSEN graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.A. in political science and a minor in humanities. After spending several years as the president of a technology firm, Jacob has returned to the warm bosom of student loans and academia, at Wake Forest University's School of Law.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: St. Martin's Griffin
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 031258377X
• ISBN 13: 9780312583774
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible