June Casagrande (born 1966) is an American writer who specializes in

English grammar English grammar is the set of structural rules of the English language. This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses, Sentence (linguistics), sentences, and whole texts. This article describes a generalized, present-day Standard English ...

and

language usage The usage of a language is the ways in which its written and spoken variations are routinely employed by its speakers; that is, it refers to "the collective habits of a language's native speakers", as opposed to idealized models of how a language ...

. She writes a syndicated column on language called "A Word Please", and is the author of five books; her 2018 ''The Joy of Syntax'' was described as "a succinct and mercifully lucid summing-up of the basics" of grammar by copy editor John McIntyre.

Publications

*''Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies'' (2006) *''Mortal Syntax'' (2008) *''It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences'' (2010) *''The Best Punctuation Book, Period'' (2014) *''The Joy of Syntax'' (2018)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Casagrande, June 1966 births Living people Linguists from the United States Women linguists