{"title":"Benjamin Dreyer","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the fascinating world of Benjamin Dreyer, a celebrated author and wordsmith extraordinaire! If you're passionate about precision in language and the art of effective communication, you're in the right place. As the author of beloved titles like \u003cem\u003eDreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSTET! Dreyer's Game of English\u003c\/em\u003e, Dreyer has crafted essential guides for anyone eager to enhance their command of the English language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDreyer's works are a delightful blend of Education \u0026amp; Reference and a sprinkle of humour. His books are not just manuals; they are journeys into the heart of what makes communication clear, compelling, and correct. Whether you’re polishing your grammar for professional purposes or indulging your love of language as a hobby, Dreyer's insights will guide you in an engaging manner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJoin countless other language lovers and find inspiration on your quest for linguistic mastery with Benjamin Dreyer's collection. Explore today and watch as your understanding of English transforms, sentence by sentence.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"stet-dreyers-game-of-english-by-benjamin-dreyer-9780593137857","title":"STET! Dreyer's Game of English","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStart having fun while improving your grammar with this witty and informative card game for language lovers—based on the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eDreyer's English\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHave fun while improving your grammar with this witty and informative card game for language lovers based on the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller by Random House's copy chief, Benjamin Dreyer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat's wrong with this sentence? If that misplaced apostrophe flew right up your nose, then this is the game for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInside are 100 cards, each with a sentence for you, the copyeditor, to correct or, alternatively, to STET—a copyeditor's term meaning \"let it stand.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first player to spot the error or correctly call out STET! gets that card.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are two ways to play: compete for points in a straightforward grammar game or whip the author's sentences into splendid shape with style and syntax. The player with the most cards at the end of the game wins!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the perfect game for every level of writer, from high school students who want to brush up before a test to coworkers looking for an engaging icebreaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eSTET!\u003c\/em\u003e, English has never been more stylish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46342095601900,"sku":"9780593137857","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4368363482399.jpg?v=1743874392"},{"product_id":"dreyers-english-an-utterly-correct-guide-to-clarity-and-style-by-benjamin-dreyer-9781787464131","title":"Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn indispensable, New York Times-bestselling guide to the craft of writing from Random House's long-time copy chief and one of Twitter's leading language gurus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDreyer’s English\u003c\/em\u003e is an utterly delightful book to read, and will stand among the classics on how to properly use the English language. Elizabeth Strout describes it as \"an utterly delightful book to read,\" while Rachel Joyce calls it \"a complete joy\" that is \"wise, funny, no-nonsense, stylish, and brilliantly practical.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe all write, all the time—books, blogs, tweets, emails, emails, emails—and we all want to write better. Benjamin Dreyer is here to help.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs copy chief of Random House, Dreyer has upheld the standards of the legendary publisher for more than two decades. He is beloved by authors and editors alike—not to mention his followers on social media—for playfully, brilliantly deconstructing the English language. \u003cem\u003eDreyer’s English\u003c\/em\u003e is the distillation of everything he has learned from copyediting thousands of books, the perfect guide not just for writers but for everyone who wants to put their best prose foot forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBoth authoritative and amusing, \u003cem\u003eDreyer's English\u003c\/em\u003e offers lessons on punctuation, from the underloved semicolon to the enigmatic en-dash; the rules and non-rules of grammar, including why it’s OK to begin a sentence with 'And' or 'But' and to confidently split an infinitive; and why it’s best to avoid the doldrums of the Wan Intensifiers and Throat Clearers, including 'very', 'rather', 'of course', and the dreaded 'actually'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd yes—'Only godless savages eschew the Oxford comma.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStuffed with advice, insider wisdom, and fun facts, this book will prove invaluable to everyone wanting to shore up their writing skills, mandatory for people who spend their time editing and shaping other people’s prose, and—perhaps best of all—an utter treat for anyone who simply revels in language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is written in British English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Dreyer's brilliant, pithy, incandescently intelligent book is to contemporary writing what Geoffrey Chaucer's poetry was to medieval English—a gift that broadens and deepens the art and science of literature.' - Jon Meacham\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A fascinating guide to grammatical \"rights\" and \"wrongs\"—practical and useful.' - Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A pleasing read for anyone who has an appreciation for the written word.' - TIME Magazine, Best 10 Non-Fiction Books of 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Witty and piquant... full of jokes—and equally full of deliciously deprecating footnotes.' - Jewish Chronicle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Playful, smart, self-conscious, and personal... One encounters wisdom and good sense on nearly every page of \u003cem\u003eDreyer's English\u003c\/em\u003e.' - Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A mind-blower—sure to jumpstart any writing project, just by exposing you, the writer, to Dreyer’s astonishing level of sentence-awareness.' - George Saunders, author of \u003cem\u003eLincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Benjamin Dreyer is wise, bitterly experienced, and fantastically good company. You should buy his book and read it.' - Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Boisterously well written... 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