Most quizzes are specific - covering, for example, pronouns, lay versus lie, apostrophes, and capitalization - but there are also two general pretests and summary tests, one each for grammar and another for punctuation, capitalization, and numbers. There’s also a chapter on confusing words, many of them explained by a synonym or a brief description but others discussed with sample sentences.īut the other half of the book consists of dozens of quizzes (and their answer keys). When, during her preparation for leading the writing workshops, she found herself dissatisfied with the handbooks and workbooks available at the time, she took matters into her own hands and created what became The Blue Book.Ĭhapters on not just grammar but also punctuation, capitalization, numbers take readers briskly through basic writing skills. Straus was still a college student when she began her career as a writing consultant for the State of California, teaching good writing habits to state employees. No one writing handbook or grammar guide should suffice for careful writers, and though Jane Straus’s The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is less comprehensive than some other resources, its large-format workbook approach provides a reader-friendly introduction to the intricacies of proper prose.
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