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Title: Not for serious students of language.
Review: There is useful information in this book. However, O'Conner merely glosses over rules and examples without explaining why these rules exist, or the correct labels of the rules. When she does correctly label rules, she does so parenthetically. For example, "(a grammarian would say "subjunctive mood" here)."This is not a text for people who wish to learn the correct terms, rules, and labels for language. While O'Connor does provide general information and rules on grammar, it relies heavily on "cute" or colloquial explanations in an attempt to catch the reader's interest. In that sense, the book does reach its goal ("The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English"), but a little more precision with language would be appreciated.
