Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style Audiobook (Free)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A sharp, funny grammar instruction they’ll really need to read, from Random House’s longtime duplicate chief and one of Twitter’s leading language experts

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“Essential (and delightful!)”-People

We all write, on a regular basis: books, websites, email messages. Lots and lots of emails. And most of us want to create better. Benjamin Dreyer is here to help.

As Random House’s copy main, about Dreyer’s British: An Absolutely Correct Instruction to Clearness and Style Dreyer has upheld the standards of the legendary publisher for more than two decades. He is beloved by writers and editors alike-not to say his supporters on interpersonal media-for deconstructing the British language with lively erudition. Now he distills everything he provides learned in the myriad books he offers copyedited and overseen into a useful guide not just for writers but also for everyone who would like to put their best prose foot ahead.

As authoritative as it is definitely amusing, Dreyer’s British gives lessons on punctuation, in the underloved semicolon towards the enigmatic en dash; the rules and nonrules of grammar, including why it’s Fine to begin a phrase with “And” or “But” and to confidently divided an infinitive; and just why it’s best to avoid the doldrums of the Wan Intensifiers and Throat Clearers, including “very,” “rather,” “of course,” as well as the feared “in fact.” Dreyer enables you to know whether “alright” is all right (occasionally) as well as help you brush through to your spelling-though, as he notes, “The problem with mnemonic gadgets is usually that I can never keep in mind them.”

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

Chockful of assistance, insider knowledge, and fun information, this book will end up being very helpful to everyone who would like to shore up their writing skills, mandatory for those who spend their time editing and shaping various other people’s prose, and-perhaps best of all-an utter deal with for anybody who basically revels in vocabulary.

Praise for Dreyer’s English

“Playful, clever, self-conscious, and personal . One encounters wisdom and common sense on nearly every web page of Dreyer’s English.”-The Wall Road Journal

“Destined to become a classic.”-The Hundreds of thousands

“Dreyer might help you . . . with tips on punctuation and spelling. . . . Even better: He’ll amuse you while he’s at it.”-Newsday (What things to Go through This Week)