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Theodore M. Bernstein's Books
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The Careful WriterThe Careful Writer is a concise yet thorough handbook, covering in more than 2,000 alphabetized entries the problems that give (or should give) writers...Read More
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Daily Pilot, April 28, 2012
...answers can be tricky ? or even impossible. "The proper preposition is a matter of idiom," writes Theodore M. Bernstein in "The Careful Writer," "and idioms, if they do not come 'naturally,' must be either learned or looked up." Unfortunately, there is...
Covington News, January 8, 2012
...sounds right; it's what is right." Another question dealt with the use of the word "myself." Theodore M. Bernstein in his book "Dos, Don'ts & Maybees of English Usage" suggests that the misuse of myself is "caused by a fear of the words ‘I' and...
Albert Lea Tribune, December 20, 2011
...For two weeks, I have shared with readers entries from “The Careful Writer” by Theodore M. Bernstein. Buy the book if you like to write. If you could care less (or is couldn’t care less?) about this grammar gobbledygook, I promise this is the...
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, February 21, 2012
...pooh-pooh this often-ignored distinction, consider that a healthy appetite is often anything but healthful.)” “The Careful Writer” by Theodore M. Bernstein: “Strictly speaking, healthy applies to good physical condition, whereas healthful...
Albert Lea Tribune, December 13, 2011
...Let’s continue reading entries from “The Careful Writer” by Theodore M. Bernstein, like we did last week. Or is it, as we did last week? Atomic flyswatters: In slang, especially American slang, there is a tendency to go to extremes...
Albert Lea Tribune, December 6, 2011
...of explaining, referred me to a book called “The Careful Writer: A Modern Guide to English Usage” by Theodore M. Bernstein. So I bought it. The book came out in 1965, and it remains apt today. The book on a shelf in my Tribune office was printed in...
