The Glamour of Grammar by Roy Peter Clark
The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English by Roy Peter Clark
In case you haven't guessed by now, I'm a geek. And I love words, punctuation, grammar. One of my favorite baseball players is Aramis Ramirez, not necessarily because he's talented, but because I love the way his name sounds. I think I was the only person in my class who truly enjoyed diagramming sentences, but this book was not written just for people like me. I loved it, but I truly believe that people who have always thought grammar was dry and boring will find it to be a breathe of fresh air.
Clark advocates living "inside your language," and this book is more than a list of rules, suggestions, and definitions, although it does contain those; for me, it's about appreciating how words and punctuation combine to form meaning, to express ideas, stories.
In the end, The Glamour of Grammar may not be about...