{"product_id":"sleeping-dogs-dont-lay-practical-advice-for-the-grammatically-challengedand-thats-no-lie-9780312263942","title":"Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay: Practical Advice for the Grammatically Challenged*and That's No Lie","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor years Richard Lederer has entertained fans of the English language with his keen insights, commonsense advice, and witty patter. Now Lederer and Richard Dowis take readers on another journey through our most wiggy of languages. How many times have we all heard the word viable used in company meetings? The authors show us how viable was at one time extracted from medical books, where it is actually defined as capable of living, and placed into our consumer marketplace. Then there is confusion between lay and lie, which the authors clear up once and for all. These and dozens of delightful examples make this book pure pleasure for language buffs, writers, and teachers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Lederer, Richard Dowis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312263942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Lederer \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of a shelf of books on language and grammar, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Bride of Anguished English. \u003c\/i\u003eHe cohosts weekly radio program on NPR in San Diego, and speaks throughout the country. He lives in San Diego, California. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Dowis \u003c\/b\u003eis president for the Society of the Preservation of English Language and Literature. He is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Art of the Great Speech \u003c\/i\u003eand, with Richard Lederer, the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Write Way. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in Waleska, Georgia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40143915450483,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0d2027c0-e387-44ed-91cc-835cbc9e965d.jpg?v=1654608586","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/sleeping-dogs-dont-lay-practical-advice-for-the-grammatically-challengedand-thats-no-lie-9780312263942","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}