Monday, January 25, 2021

Good Grammar is the Life of the Party ~ Book Blog Tour Guest Post & Giveaway!


Good Grammar Is the Life of the Party
Tips for a Wildly Successful Life
by Curtis Honeycutt

Genre: Adult Non-Fiction, 18 yrs +
Categories: How-To, Humor, Grammar and Writing Reference
Publisher: The County Publishing 
Release date: May, 2020
Page Count: 244 pages
Content Rating: PG-13: some mild profanity


Book Description

Grammar rules! Good Grammar is the Life of the Party: Tips for a Wildly Successful Life will convert grammar goofballs into bonafide word nerds. As the writer of the award-winning humor column “Grammar Guy,” Curtis Honeycutt’s grammar advice appears in dozens of newspapers every week. His debut book—filled with witty word wisdom—is designed to make your life more awesome by improving your grammar. 

Do you love language, but sometimes get tripped up by confusing grammar rules? Good Grammar is the Life of the Party is like a cheat code for your social life. Level up your grammar game to become a linguistic legend—from romantic relationships to job promotions to getting invited to fancy roof parties. Climb the corporate ladder, convince people you’re smart, and win at life with dozens of helpful tips on how to master the English language.

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Guest Post:

Science has gone too far.

by Curtis Honeycutt

Somewhere in a secret laboratory (probably in Minsk), a team of thermodynamic scientists worked for years to perfect the to-go mug that hermetically traps heat, keeping your coffee or tea hot for hours. They traded handshakes and perhaps a few high fives before scalding their taste buds on some celebratory hot chocolate. It was certainly a historic occasion in the field of drink container science.

My biggest question isn’t a grammar question. I want to know: just how long do we need to keep our drinks hot? Is it that important for our coffee to stay at near-boiling temperatures for up to six hours? I think the whole industry needs to cool off a bit. 

Now here’s my grammar question: should you write/say a historic or an historic? Let’s dive in.

When you think about world-changing events like the moon landing, the signing of the Declaration of Independence, or the cup scientists perfecting a heat-sealing tumbler, you probably imagine someone referring to any of these as an historic occasion. Technically, this isn’t correct! So, what’s the rule?

Use the article an when it precedes any word that starts with a vowel sound. This certainly applies to words that begin with a silent h, including heir, honor and hour. It doesn’t apply to words in which you pronounce the h sound, such as heroic, hysterical, or historic. So, why do people put an in front of those words? Probably because at some point back in England people dropped the h sound in these words and supplied an before them (to properly imagine this, I hear someone speaking in a thick Cockney accent). The article an hung on although people started to uniformly pronounce the h sound in these words.

Old habits die hard, as when I take a swig of my morning tea too early, even though I know it’s still way too hot. Either people still add an before words like historic because they learned to say it that way from previous generations, or they’re just snooty. There’s a fancy term for speech or writing that is only designed to impress: it’s called an affectation. For most people, they probably add an because that’s how they’ve always heard it pronounced. For people who prefer to be snooty, I heard there’s a great sale at the monocle store: all glasses are half off.

—Curtis Honeycutt is a syndicated humor columnist. He is the author of Good Grammar is the Life of the Party: Tips for a Wildly Successful Life. Find more at curtishoneycutt.com.

Meet the Author:
Curtis Honeycutt started writing about grammar in his local newspaper. His column, "Grammar Guy," has since won multiple awards and now appears in newspapers across the U.S. Originally from Oklahoma, Honeycutt now lives in Indiana with his wife, Carrie, and their two children, Miles and Maeve. 

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Enter the Giveaway:

ONE WINNER: signed copy of GOOD GRAMMAR IS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY, swag, & a $25 Amazon Gift Card 
(USA only. Ends 2/12/21.)

Tour Schedule:
Jan 18 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book spotlight / giveaway
Jan 18 - Working Mommy Journal - book spotlight / giveaway
Jan 19 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Jan 19 - bless their hearts mom – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Jan 20 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Jan 20 - The Phantom Paragrapher – book spotlight / giveaway
Jan 21 – Books Lattes & Tiaras – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Jan 21 - My Reading Journey – book spotlight / giveaway
Jan 22 – Westveil Publishing – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Jan 22 - Lisa Everyday Reads  - book spotlight / giveaway
Jan 25 – Hall Ways Blog – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Jan 26 – Splashes of Joy – book spotlight / guest post / author interview / giveaway
Jan 26 - Library of Clean Reads – book spotlight / giveaway
Jan 26 - Gina Rae Mitchell - book spotlight / giveaway
Jan 27 – Man of la Book – book spotlight / giveaway
Jan 27 - Laura's Interests – book spotlight / giveaway
Jan 27 - The Phantom Paragrapher - book spotlight / giveaway
Jan 28 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Jan 28 - I'm All About Books - book spotlight / giveaway
Jan 29 – Writer with Wanderlust – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 1 – Books, Tea, Healthy Me – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 2 – Pine Enshrined Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 2 - Redhead with a Camera/Goodreads - book review
Feb 3 – The Irresponsible Reader – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 4 – Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 5 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway





 

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