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Paperback Riverhead Books edition.Back Text: Unlike, say, Latin, English is a living language-and, like all living things, it grows, it changes, and it can be messy and confusing. With this witty, bestselling guide to grammar, you can get a grasp on subtleties of the language-without the kind of jargon that tempted you to cut your high-school English class. Former New York Times Book Review editor Patricia O'Conner offers a delightfully down-to-earth course for anyone who wants to speak and write more clearly, in ten easy lessons.