Reviews

But Can I Start a Sentence with But?: Advice from the Chicago Style Q&A by Carol Fisher Saller, The University of Chicago Press

mbenshirreffs's review

4.0

Cheeky. Fun. Marginally useful.

kittyhearted's review

funny informative lighthearted slow-paced

3.0

feldy's review

funny informative fast-paced

4.0

Some of the humor in the A sections sort of rubbed me the wrong way, but an enjoyable read otherwise 

ssejig's review

3.5

I was really surprised when I saw the page count of this book. On my ereader with the size of font I've chose, it was only 89 pages. Most books about editing and style are... well, super long. It was interesting to me. And I really liked that the author(s) talked about the fact that grammar is more fluid and based on personal choices than many of us would prefer to admit. I also really enjoyed the humor in this book (e.g. if only two people are ever likely to read a paper, maybe it's okay for them to agree on a specific abbreviation because, well, who will know?)
The Q&A format got a little tiring after a while but an amusing book in general. 

jselliot's review

funny informative fast-paced

4.0

Useful for clearing up ambiguities in the Chicago Manual of Style, while getting straight to the point (112 pages versus 1100+) with a dash of humor. 

jessicaaaaaaa's review

5.0

I recommend this delightful little book for CMOS editors who like their style guidelines with a side of snark.