NEW YORK Moments BESTSELLER • A clear, funny grammar guide they’ll really need to read, from Random House’s longtime duplicate chief and among Twitter’s leading language gurus

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE ENTIRE YEAR BY O: THE OPRAH Mag AND SHELF AWARENESS

“Essential (and delightful!)”-People

We all compose, all the time: books, websites, email messages. A whole load of email messages. And most of us want to create better. Benjamin Dreyer is here now to help.

As Random House’s copy chief, about Dreyer’s British: An Absolutely Correct Guide to Clearness and Style Dreyer has upheld the criteria of the renowned publisher for more than two decades. He’s beloved by authors and editors alike-not to say his fans on public media-for deconstructing the British language with lively erudition. Right now he distills everything he provides learned through the myriad books he offers copyedited and overseen into a useful guidebook not just for writers but also for everyone who wants to put their best prose foot forwards.

As authoritative as it is certainly amusing, Dreyer’s English presents lessons on punctuation, from your underloved semicolon to the enigmatic en dash; the rules and nonrules of grammar, including why it’s OK to begin a phrase with “And” or “But” also to confidently split an infinitive; and why it’s better to stay away from the doldrums from the Wan Intensifiers and Throat Clearers, including “extremely,” “rather,” “of course,” as well as the dreaded “in fact.” Dreyer will let you understand whether “alright” is definitely fine (occasionally) as well as help you brush through to your spelling-though, as he notes, “The problem with mnemonic products is normally that I could never keep in mind them.”

And yes: “Only godless savages eschew the series comma.”

Chockful of information, insider wisdom, and fun information, this book will prove to be important to everyone who wants to shoreline up their writing skills, mandatory for those who spend their period editing and shaping additional people’s prose, and-perhaps best of all-an utter treat for anyone who basically revels in language.

Praise for Dreyer’s English

“Playful, clever, self-conscious, and personal . One encounters knowledge and common sense on just about any page of Dreyer’s English.”-The Wall Street Journal

“Destined to become classic.”-The Large numbers

“Dreyer might help you . . . with tips about punctuation and spelling. . . . Better still: He’ll amuse you while he’s at it.”-Newsday (What things to Read This Week)