The Grammar Book for Programmers, Designers, & Bloggers

by wochowski • 13 years ago

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tbirdz• 13 years ago

I think you could have waited until the book was actually available in some form (either e-book or paperback) before posting it to HN.

uladzislau• 13 years ago

Probably just another product/market fit testing landing page. The product won't be created unless N number of subscribers sign up for the updates :)

cthorpe• 13 years ago

There are a few missing commas in the bullet points, as well as some unnecessary commas in other locations. That does not instill confidence in a book that promises to teach grammar.

seanhandley• 13 years ago

The author likes mixing hyphens, semi-colons and commas together interchangeably. How unfortunate.

roganJok• 13 years ago

That is precisely the problem with grammar: some people like to be grammar police and they don't know the proper rules because they were taught incorrectly, or they simply disagree because of their interpretation. I am guessing you simply have a different interpretation of the rules.

I don't see the grammatical mistakes you are referring to.

yeukhon• 13 years ago

Well, if you read closely, this is what they said:

Many grammar books contradict one another, and some even recommend absurd and irrelevant usage and rules from bygone days.

Well, one can say their rules contradict one another.

I actually took a grammar class last spring and it was really good. I still have grammatical errors but hey - no one is perfect.

fiveisprime• 13 years ago

Cool idea. I look forward to checking it out.

ivan_ah• 13 years ago

Sounds promising, though a little short on the details of what will actually be in the book.

Looking forward to it.

On a related note, here is a nice course from Stanford about scientific/technical writing: http://online.stanford.edu/course/writing-in-the-sciences I picked up quite a few things from there. (If you are pressed for time, you can watch the lectures at 1.3x speedup).

gault81212• 13 years ago

I'm building Quill, a web app that provides interactive grammar lessons. We are an open source/open content nonprofit organization, and we are working with a team of a half dozen volunteers. We are currently developing collaborative writing exercises, and if you're interested in building interactive education please reach out to me at peter at quill dot org.

http://www.quill.org

ldonley• 13 years ago

This is really interesting, I look forward to seeing how this is used.

gault81212• 13 years ago

Thanks! We've got some big plans in the works. Let me know if you'd like to hear more.

shire• 13 years ago

This is very helpful looking forward to it.

jamesbritt• 13 years ago

Why would some these varied groups of people need a grammar book specifically for them?

I can sort of see why, say, a visually-oriented person may do better with a tailored book over a standard textbook, but programmers, designers, and bloggers seems like a wide set of people.

herbig• 13 years ago

"most-respected grammar authorities"

Super awkward there.

Hellenion• 13 years ago

So is this American English or British English?

The Grammar Book for Programmers, Designers, & Bloggers

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