"This is a story about an exclamation mark. And this exclamation mark's story is really everyone's story. It's about fitting in...and standing out...and, with the help of others, finding your way."--Dust jacket.

From the popular blog, a hilarious and horrifying survey of quotation mark abuse in all its forms. From the sarcastic to the suggestive, here are quotation marks as we love them best, doing horrible damage to the English language. Who wouldn't have second thoughts about ordering the "hamburger" on the diner's menu? Would it be best to skip the "blowout" sale at the department store? What hidden price must be paid for something marked "free"? Assembled...

Mary Norris has spent more than three decades in The New Yorker's copy department, maintaining its celebrated high standards. Now she lends her vast experience, good cheer, and finely sharpened pencils to some of our language's most vexing problems in a boisterous book as full of loife as it is of practical advice. Readers--and writers--will find in Norris neither a scold nor a softie but a wise and witty new friend in love with language and alive...

See how using (or not using) an apostrophe can change the meaning of a sentence.

You can't believe everything you hear! Did you know that a single word can have many different meanings? Sometimes two words that sound alike can be spelled completely differently! Ptolemy the Pterodactyl is back to show us all how absurd and fun languagecan be when homophones, homonyms, and tricky punctuation are at play.

Discovering your first words in Spanish and English is easy and fun with this cheerful board book with bright collage illustrations that introduce colours, numbers, shapes, animals, and more! Your little learner will discover that azul means blue, cinco means five, and caballo means horse along with many other everyday words.