With its crisp, witty tone, Sin and Syntax covers grammar's ground rules while revealing countless unconventional syntax secrets (such as how to use -- Gasp! -- interjections or when to pepper your prose with slang) that make for sinfully good writing. Discover how to:

• Distinguish between words that are "pearls" and words that are "potatoes"
• Avoid "couch potato thinking" and "commitment phobia" when choosing verbs
• Use literary devices such as onomatopoeia, alliteration, and metaphor (and understand what you're doing)

"This new grammar book is... light-years ahead of what you'd read in eighth-grade English: With vivid, contemporary examples of what to do and what not to do, it's fun to read."
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