Consider the views of
those in the know:

William Safire

New York Times
"A good read for word mavens."

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

"Then, in an easy style, Good takes the reader through 419 pages of proper usage of the English language. This is Strunk & White times two. And as authoritative and joyful to read."

Legal Times

"When it comes to writing,
C. Edward Good is the law .... As evidenced by the title of his book, Good's passion for grammar and good writing hasn't robbed him of his sense of humor or his sense of proportion. A Grammar Book for You and I, Oops Me! is clearly not the work of a scold. It's as witty and as common-sensical a guide to writing as you'll ever add to your reference shelf."

Bryan Garner

Author of The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style, The Dictionary of Modern American Usage, and The Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage

"This book will awaken anyone's dormant interest in language and help people overcome a fear of grammar. With verve and wit, Ed Good rescues grammar from ill-deserved neglect."

Copy Editor

If you're looking for a painless crash course in grammar, turn to this brilliantly readable primer. From parts of speech to parallel structure, the ground covered is comprehensive; the prose is lively and clear.

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Here's a tip from page 304 regarding subject-verb agreement:

Three Immutable Rules

  1. A singular grammatical subject takes a singular verb.
  2. A plural grammatical subject takes a plural verb.
  3. The grammatical subject, not some other word, always determines the number of the verb.

From page 136:

Smart people get confused over relative pronouns. They use which when it feels good and that when it sounds right, and totally come apart when trying to sort out who/whom/whose.

From page 164:

And if your professor or boss objects, you may cite Henry Fowler and Wilson Follett as proof positive that great writers have been starting sentences with conjunctions for hundreds of years.

Ed Good's Biography

Oxford Basic English Grammar Ed Good serves as the Writer-in-Residence at the world's largest law firm practicing intellectual-property law—Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., in Washington, D.C.

He's a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and served as director of legal writing there from 1975 to 1980.

From 1980 to 1993, Ed traveled throughout the country, giving seminars in effective writing to more than 5,000 people at corporations, federal agencies, and law firms. In 1993, he joined Finnegan Henderson, where he conducts a variety of training programs, helps the attorneys with their publications, assists with the interpretation of language, responds to questions on grammar and style, and provides training programs for the firm's clients.

Ed is the author of A Grammar Book for You and I, Oops Me! This new work is a Literary Guild selection and has been picked up by the Book-of-the-Month Club and the Quality Paperbacks Book Club. Oops Me teaches adults all that grammar they never learned in high school and now need to succeed in life. In July 2002, William Safire reviewed Oops Me in The New York Times, touting it as "a good read for word mavens." In 2003, Ed developed Lawmanac—Clickable Help for Legal Writers, featured at LegalWriting.com.