书名：Dreyer's English德雷耶英语写作指南平装版

作者：Benjamin Dreyer 

出版社名称：Penguin Random House USA 

出版时间：2020 

语种：英语 

ISBN：9780812985719 

商品尺寸：13.1 x 1.8 x 20 cm 

包装：平装

页数：320（以实物为准） 从编辑电子邮件到撰写论文、博客或书籍等等，无论在工作上还是生活中，我们都会接触到英语写作。

作为美国兰登书屋（Random House）的副总裁以及文字总编辑，Benjamin Dreyer撰写了Dreyer's English《德雷尔英语》一书，从他编辑的无数书籍中，提炼出他所遇到的各类观点和主题，并将这些关于英语写作和编辑等方面的宝贵建议汇编到了这本新书中。

在这本新书中，这位长期从事文字编辑工作的作者，将用其幽默的语言展开他的观点和建议。他将从英语写作的规则、标点、语法、拼写等他擅长的方面切入，带给我们一些全新的视角和解读。

作为一本非教科书类的英语写作指南，全书字里行间夹杂着些独特的幽默，读起来趣味盎然。但对于我们来说，这不仅仅是一本理解如何更好地用英文写作的指南，还可以借此衍生到更多的英语应用范畴。

Benjamin Dreyer喜欢颠覆那些臆造的语法规则，但比起那些应该摒弃的假法则，他在书中更加强调的是那些你应该遵守的真规则。这是一本面向大众的语法书，适合所有关注语法、用法同时追求可读性的读者使用。

作为兰登书屋的首席文案，德雷尔坚持传奇出版商的标准已经超过20年了。他以幽默的学识解构了英语，深受作家和编辑的喜爱，更不用说他在社交媒体上的粉丝了。现在，他从自己编辑和监督的无数书籍中提炼出自己所学到的一切，成为一个有用的指南，不仅适用于作家，也适用于所有想要展示自己zui好的散文风格的人。

德雷尔的英语非常有趣，但它提供了标点符号的课程，从不受欢迎的分号到神秘的破折号，一应俱全。语法规则和规则，包括为什么可以用“And”或“But”开始句子并自信地分裂不定式的原因；以及为什么zui好避免出现强化词和清音浊化现象，如“very”，“rather”，“of course”和“actually”。Dreyer会让你知道“alright”(有时)是否正确，甚至会帮你温习拼写——不过，正如他所指出的，“记忆工具的问题在于，我永远都记不住它们。”

著名历史学家大卫·纳索的杰作《zui后的一百万人》讲述了一个引人入胜的故事，直到现在，这个故事很大程度上仍然隐藏着战后流离失所和无国籍的故事。到1952年，zui后的一百万人分散到了世界各地。他们从破碎的过去穿越到一个不可知的未来，带着他们的创伤、恐惧、希望和秘密。在这里，纳索di一次阐明了他们令人难以置信的历史，并与深刻的当代共鸣，向我们表明，这也是我们的历史。

这本书充满了建议、内部智慧和有趣的事实，它将证明对每个想增强写作技能的人都是无价的，对那些花时间编辑和塑造别人的散文的人是必读的，也许zui好的是，对那些单纯喜欢语言的人是一种彻底的治疗。

As Random House's copy chief, Dreyer has upheld the standards of the legendary publisher for more than two decades. He is beloved by authors and editors alike--not to mention his followers on social media--for deconstructing the English language with playful erudition. Now he distills everything he has learned from the myriad books he has copyedited and overseen into a useful guide not just for writers but for everyone who wants to put their best prose foot forward.

As authoritative as it is amusing, Dreyer's English offers lessons on punctuation, from the underloved semicolon to the enigmatic en dash; the rules and nonrules of grammar, including why it's OK to begin a sentence with "And" or "But" and to confidently split an infinitive; and why it's best to avoid the doldrums of the Wan Intensifiers and Throat Clearers, including "very," "rather," "of course," and the dreaded "actually." Dreyer will let you know whether "alright" is all right (sometimes) and even help you brush up on your spelling--though, as he notes, "The problem with mnemonic devices is that I can never remember them."

Chockful of advice, insider wisdom, and fun facts, this book will prove to be invaluable to everyone who wants to shore up their writing skills, mandatory for people who spend their time editing and shaping other people's prose, and--perhaps best of all--an utter treat for anyone who simply revels in language.

本杰明·德雷尔是兰登书屋出版社的副总裁、执行执行主编和文案主管。他开始了他的出版生涯作为自由校对和文案编辑。1993年，他成为兰登书屋的制作编辑，负责监督迈克尔·查本(Michael Chabon)、埃德蒙·莫里斯(Edmund Morris)、苏珊-罗莉·帕克斯(Suzan-Lori Parks)、迈克尔·波伦(Michael Pollan)、彼得·斯特劳布(Peter Straub)和卡尔文·特里林(Calvin Trillin)等作家的作品。他出版过许多作家的作品，包括E·L·多克托罗，大卫·埃伯肖夫，弗兰克·里奇和伊丽莎白·斯特劳特，还有雪莉·杰克逊之前未收集的一卷作品《让我告诉你》。

Benjamin Dreyeris vice president, executive managing editor and copy chief, of Random House. He began his publishing career as a freelance proofreader and copy editor. In 1993, he became a production editor at Random House, overseeing books by writers including Michael Chabon, Edmund Morris, Suzan-Lori Parks, Michael Pollan, Peter Straub, and Calvin Trillin. He has copyedited books by authors including E. L. Doctorow, David Ebershoff, Frank Rich, and Elizabeth Strout, as well as Let Me Tell You, a volume of previously uncollected work by Shirley Jackson.

Introduction: By Way of Introduction xi

Part I  The Stuff in the Front 1

Chapter 1 The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Your Prose) 3

Chapter 2 Rules and Nonrules 6

Chapter 3 67 Assorted Things to Do (and Not to Do) with Punctuation 20

Chapter 4 1, 2, 3, Go: The Treatment of Numbers 67

Chapter 5 Foreign Affairs 74

Chapter 6 A Little Grammar Is a Dangerous Thing 84

Chapter 7 The Realities of Fiction 102

Part II  The Stuff in the Back 127

Chapter 8 Notes on, Amid a List of, Frequently and/or Easily Misspelled Words 129

Chapter 9 Peeves and Crotchets 147

Chapter 10 The Confusables 166

Chapter 11 Notes on Proper Nouns 210

Chapter 12 The Trimmables 242

Chapter 13 The Miscellany 252

OUTRO: By Way of Conclusion 267

Things I Like 269

Acknowledgments 271

Index 279