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Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch: Let Verbs Power Your Writing (2012)

by Constance Hale(Favorite Author)

3.99 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0393081168 (ISBN13: 9780393081169)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

review 1: Review to come. I took so many notes while reading this book that it took me quite a while to get through. It was worth the time taken though. I think this book was good in a more specific way with verb use, whereas "Sin and Syntax" dealt with all parts of a sentence. Still, this book delved into the history of the English language and showed many examples where rules were made to be broken and when they weren't. I thought it was a very valuable resource, and would certainly add it to my writing library.
review 2: The book takes passages straight from "Sin and Syntax," a more comprehensive work by the same author. In addition Chapter 3 is redundant if you have read Bill Bryson's "Mother Tongue" and anything by David Crystal. However, the suggested readin... moregs, sources, and websites were new. Overall though, the book rehashing what has already been written in other popular style guides and histories of the English language. less

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