June Casagrande, author portrait

June Casagrande

JUNE CASAGRANDE is a veteran journalist and syndicated columnist. She is the author of Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies and Mortal Syntax (Penguin). She is a former Los Angeles Times staff reporter, and her “A Word, Please” grammar column currently appears in several community news sections. She has also studied improvisational comedy with renowned troupes the Groundlings and ComedySportz.
The Best Punctuation Book, Period (Revised Edition)
The Joy of Syntax
It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences
Mortal Syntax
Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies

Books

The Best Punctuation Book, Period (Revised Edition)
The Joy of Syntax
It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences
Mortal Syntax
Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies

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