Grammar Girl's 101 Words Every High School Graduate Needs to Know - Mignon Fogarty 2011

About the Author

Mignon Fogarty is the creator of Quick and Dirty Tips. Formerly a magazine writer, technical writer, and entrepreneur, she has a B.A. in English from the University of Washington in Seattle and an M.S. in biology from Stanford University. She lives in Reno, Nevada. Visit her Web site at quickanddirtytips.com and sign up for the free e-mail grammar tips and free podcast.

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GRAMMAR GIRL’S 101 WORDS EVERY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE NEEDS TO KNOW. Copyright © 2011 by Mignon Fogarty, Inc. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Illustrations by Arnie Ten

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Fogarty, Mignon.

Grammar Girl’s 101 words every high school graduate needs to know/Mignon Fogarty.—1st ed.

  p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-312-57345-4

1. Vocabulary. 2. English language—Terms and phrases. I. Title. II. Title: 101 words every high school graduate needs to know.

PE1449.F557 2011

428.1—dc22

2011011240

First Edition: July 2011

eISBN 978-1-4299-4058-0

First St. Martin’s Griffin eBook Edition: July 2011