The most irreverent and helpful book on language since the 1 New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots Leaves.Mary Norris has spent more than three decades in The New Yorkers copy department, maintaining its celebrated high standards. Now she brings her vast experience, good cheer, and finely sharpened pencils to help the rest of us in a boisterous language book as full of life as it is of practical advice.Between You Me features Norriss laugh-out-loud descriptions of some of the most common and vexing problems in spelling, punctuation, and usagecomma faults, danglers, who vs. whom, that vs. which, compound words, gender-neutral languageand her clear explanations of how to handle them. Down-to-earth and always open-minded, she draws on examples from Charles Dickens, Emily Dickinson, Henry James, and the Lords Prayer, as well as from The Honeymooners, The Simpsons, David Foster Wallace, and Gillian Flynn.
