Things That Make Us [Sic]

Humor and grammar: a beautiful combination. Martha Brockenbrough's Things That Make Us [sic]: The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar Takes On Madison Avenue, Hollywood, the White House, and the World is a delightful and informative new take on today's popular use of grammar. Written under the jocular guise of the "Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar," no grammar offender is safe. Any and all grammar offenders are skewered in this book, which is hilariously lighthearted, yet also contains meaningful advice and helpful hints for everyday language usage.

With sections humorously titled "Grammar for Spammers and Pop Stars" and "No, You Can't Has Cheezburger?" the book is divided into a handful of sections devoted to specific language usage resources. These resources are then divided into many sub-sections each. Within these humorous sections are important grammatical lessons which many may not actually be familiar with, despite a sturdy education. Some of the most helpful sub-sections are less humor-filled, and filled more with heartfelt and useful advice. One shining example is the sub-section titled "Four big things that can go wrong with sentences," which discusses a number of problem areas, including subject-verb disagreement, pronouns, run-on sentences, comma usage and modifiers.

A practically pocket-sized book, it makes the perfect holiday gift. Buy Things That Make Us [sic] for the humor; keep it for the invaluable advice dispensed within its pages. This book is sic[k]eningly funny.