The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes

Excellent content with clear definitions.

Easy to understand with examples. Worked when I was editing a novel.

This book makes learning and reviewing grammar easy. I bought it as a required textbook for a college class. It is physically large, but it’s a good book. Reading it helped me learn the difference between different grammar structures and increased my attention to detail.

Here’s the thing about this book- it definitely does what it says it does- breaks down the grammatical rules. The issue, however, is that this book explicitly refers to STANDARD AMERICAN ENGLISH (SAE)- which is also fine- it’s the dialect taught in the classroom. However, what is absolutely NOT OK is the language it uses to describe grammatical productions that may be considered correct in other dialects of English (AAVE, for example). They refer to examples such as “a broke dish” as “embarrassing” and “substandard English”.The book does not talk about dialects at all- perpetuating the myth that SAE is the only “correct” form of English. It is not. ALL DIALECTS are considered to be “correct”. The dialects have their own rules, just like SAE does. That is my qualm about this book.Like I said- it does a great job of teaching the grammatical rules- of SAE. No dialect is “better” than the other. This kind of thinking leads to a lot of shame and ridicule of people who are exposed to other dialects.Thanks

The book has specific information that helps to understand grammar. I like that there are quizzes to test knowledge and answers to know how well you have done. I've learned a lot using this book.

Our written English language has changed so much since I graduated from high school nearly seven decades ago that this book is not only entertaining, but it also gives me renewed self-confidence to realize that what was strictly taboo back then is often acceptable today. It's liberating not to obsess quite so much anymore about split infinitives and dangling participles. We are freer now to allow common sense to guide us in expressing our ideas properly and clearly. Hooray!

I am a retired school teacher. Because of the internet, grammar laws are changing, and I like to keep up with the updates. For instance, I came across a writer saying that another writer was using out dated grammar by typing two spaces after each sentence. He called it unnecessary and wasteful.

I've been looking for a good grammar resource that I can carry with me and use when writing wherever I happen to be. This book has some good grammar content, but it's not thorough enough for me. The huge size of it makes it even more unusable to me. There's no need for it to be a huge, thin book. I would much rather it be the size of a normal paperback and a bit thicker than to have it be this huge book that just isn't convenient to carry or to put on my bookshelf. It sticks out well beyond all the other books on the shelf. I guess I'm just going to have to keep looking for that perfect grammar resource. This isn't it.