The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed
- ISBN-10
- 0679418601
- ISBN-13
- 9780679418603
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 175
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Author
- Karen Elizabeth Gordon
Description
This guide to the rules of grammar presents amusing instructional sentences to demonstrate correct usage and is illustrated with old engravings
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