Monday, October 31, 2016

Fucking Apostophes

 
FUCKING APOSTROPHES
Simon Griffin
A hilarious, furious and profoundly useful short guide to the most maddening
punctuation in English.
 
Apostrophes are an f'ing pain. The rules about how to use them are complicated, and have
evolved haphazardly.
 
Originally written as advice by a copywriter for designers - wont to insert and remove
apostrophes at will, for visual effect - this is a light-hearted, pocket-sized guide to getting the  
f'ing things right.
 
Simon Griffin lets off steam so that we don't have to, showing precisely why 'Rhianna and J
ennifer's photos were all over the internet' is quite different to 'Rhianna's and Jennifer's photos' or what words apostrophes are replacing in sentences such as 'He'd like you to buy him some
cocaine', or 'They've got it all on camera.'
 
Elegantly produced, this is the perfect gift for any pedant, as well as an indispensable guide in all our moments of grammar-related frustration.
 
WARNING: CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE!
 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Simon Griffin is the founder of copywriting agency Hyperbolic (www.thisishyperbolic.com) and lives with his wife and two children in Leeds. He currently has no plans to learn how to touch type and
can happily write whole paragraphs without realising he's left caps lock on.
  
PUBLISHED: November 2016
IMPRINT:      Icon Books
NZRRP:        $18.99

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