Re: American Grammar Book

["Murrell, Thomas" <TMurrell -at- ALLDATA -dot- NET>]

My favorite grammar/usage book remains Roy H. Copperud's "American Usage and
Style: The Consensus."

>From a rhetorical standpoint, may I recommend anything by E. P. J. Corbett,
PhD.  I had a chance to take a couple of classed with Prof. Corbett, who was
one of the foremost rhetoricians in the latter half of the 20th Century.
Not only was he a delightful gentleman, he had a wonderful practical
appreciation for the subtleties of American Grammar and Rhetoric.  I think
his most well known work is "The Little Book of Grammar And Rhetoric."

Tom Murrell
Senior Technical Writer, Alliance Data Systems, Inc.
CAD4A - (614)729-4364
Fax: (614)729-4499
mailto:tmurrell -at- alldata -dot- net

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> Hi, everybody,
>
> My group writes the English end-user documentation which is then localized
> for
> worldwide usage. As a rule, we are supposed to write in American English
> since
> the US is our biggest market.
>
> However, all my writers (except for one) and I are not American. In fact,
> we are
> Chinese Singaporeans who grew up learning English the British way.
>
> So, I would really appreciate your help in recommending a good book to
> refer to
> for American grammar.
>
> Thanks n' regards,
> joo khim
>
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