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Average rating: 3.93 · 5,769 ratings · 577 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English 3.94 avg rating — 4,403 ratings — published 1996 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language by Patricia T. O'Conner, Stewart Kellerman 3.81 avg rating — 621 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know about Writing – The Funny and Painless Grammar Companion 3.96 avg rating — 596 ratings — published 1999 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Woe is I Jr.: The Younger Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in PlainEnglish by Patricia T. O'Conner, Tom Stiglich (Illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 127 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reader Over Your Shoulder: A Handbook for Writers of English Prose by Robert Graves, Patricia T. O'Conner, Alan Hodge (Foreword) 4.11 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1914 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Send Me: Getting It Right When You Write Online by Patricia T. O'Conner, Stewart Kellerman 3.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Woe Is I Jr. Edition: Reprint by Patricia T. O'connor (2008-01-01) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's guide to better English in plain English --2003 publication. by Patricia T. O'Conner, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Whenever there's something wrong with your writing, suspect that there's something wrong with your thinking.”
― Patricia T. O'Conner, Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know about Writing – The Funny and Painless Grammar Companion

tags: clarity-of-thought, logic, writing

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“If the good news from cyberspace is that we're writing more, the bad news is that most of us aren't very good at it. Our words don't do justice to our ideas.”
― Patricia T. O'Conner

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“Contrary to popular opinion, there's no mystery to writing well. It's a skill that just about anyone can learn, more craft than art.”
― Patricia T. O'Conner, Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know about Writing

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