Kiss My Asterisk

From naughty nouns to vivacious verbs, a lighthearted, jargon-free guide to getting the English language right.  Grammar has finally let its hair down! Unlike uptight grammar books that overwhelm with every single rule, Kiss My Asterisk is like a bikini: It only covers the most important and interesting bits. These lively lessons have been carefully selected to include today’s most common, noticeable errors—the ones that confuse us all and make us wonder if we should have paid more attention in fifth grade, such as: 

• What is the proper use of an apostrophe? 
• When should an ellipsis be used instead of an em dash? 
• Why do we capitalize President Obama but not “the president”? 
• And why is that question mark placed outside the end quote?

Sharing her user-friendly and hilarious approach to grammar, English professor Jenny Baranick offers the satisfaction of a properly placed comma, a precisely used semicolon, and a correctly deployed en dash. Kiss My Asterisk shows grammar as it’s never been seen before: uncomplicated, laugh-out-loud funny, and, dare we say, a little risqué.