Have You Eaten Grandma?

It can be much harder than it seems; commas, colons, semi-colons and even apostrophes can drive us all mad at times, but it riles no one more than the longest-serving resident of Countdowns Dictionary Corner, grammar guru Gyles Brandreth. In this brilliantly funny tirade on grammar, Gyles anatomises the linguistic horrors of our times, tells us where weve beengoing wrong (and why) and shows us how, in future, we can get it right everytime. Is alright all right? Youll find out right here. From dangling clausesto gerunds, youll also discover why Santas helpers are subordinate clauses. In Have You Eaten Grandma? he waxes lyrical about the importance of language as, after all, it is what we use to define ourselves and is ultimately what makesus human.