The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation

In my work I am called upon to write many reports and memos as well as review and edit documents produced by my staff. I have found the Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation to be the perfect reference for my needs. At first glance, I feared the book might be too compact and could not possibly cover all the necessary topics. However, whether I sought expert advice on commas, semicolons, quotation marks, hyphens, ellipses, noun-verb agreement, who vs. whom, then vs. than, etc., I have always found the answer I needed quickly and expressed clearly and succinctly. In fact, perhaps it is the book's compactness, as well as the excellent organization and thoughtfully laid out Table of Contents that allows for such easy and quick location of the answers to my grammatical questions.
For the cost, this book delivers much more than I ever would have expected.

Most of the reviewers seemed to like this book a lot and recommended it highly. With their recommendations in mind, I went ahead to purchase the book (2 copies) to use for tutoring a high school student. Unfortunately, I was disappointed at the quality of the text (paper, font, number of pages) and the content. There's several pages on the use of commas, which is wonderful, but that's several pages out of not so many. So what's the substance of the rest of the book? Not a whole lot. I immediately returned this item back to Amazon. I suggest, if you need a good reference, to find a good grammar textbook (used in primary and secondary schools) or perhaps even the MLA Handbook - depending on what your needs are. This book, Grammar Blue Book, is a waste of money.

The content is decent and concise, but the production quality of this book simply can't be forgiven. Ms. Straus likely had these printed up at Kinko's -- this "book" is really more a pamphlet with a card-stock cover over 68 pages of plain paper. This could be something to buy and hand out at a seminar, with the expectation that it would be worked through and then discarded, but I doubt very much that it will last long in even moderate use.

This should be selling for $3, not $13. I wish I had listened to the earlier "bare bones" review.

I bought two copies of this book, I found this book online and I immediately ordered it. I find that it is a great quick reference quide that allows individuals to test themselves. The tests reinforce what you have just read about grammar and punctuation. I reccomend this book for individuals who want a reliable and easy to use reference for grammar and punctuation questions.

Ms. Straus has done an excellent job with making her audience of readers understand the English language. With the many challenges in our language it is very nice to have this publication to lean on! It is well put together and easily read. Whoever? Who? Whomever? Whom? She'll explain it all! You will understand. As a homeschooling mom I can see this book being of a great help for many years to come. Thank you Jane, I wish you much success in your writing endeavors!