DAEL Publications is Maeve’s imprint for books about English usage and
popular culture. (DAEL rhymes with “pal.”)
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100 Writing Mistakes to Avoid is a slim, easy-to-navigate style guide that covers the most common errors of usage, spelling, and punctuation made by writers who were not paying attention in English class. Available in both print and Kindle. |
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7 Steps to Good Spelling contains all the information needed to learn or to teach the essentials of English spelling. Anyone who masters the material in this little book will be able to spell 95% of the English words that appear in most published writing. Step One: Lose the Fear of Spelling ORDER FROM AMAZON |
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Pronouns make up a large percentage of spoken and written English. For that reason, pronoun errors jump out at listeners and readers. The Pronoun Book is your passport to correct pronoun usage in speech and writing.Read more about the book on this site. |
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Word Rage is a collection of essays about English usage. Not all the “errors” ridiculed by online language trolls are errors at all. Standard English exists in several registers. What may be questionable in one register may be perfectly acceptable in another. |