Caroline Taggart worked in publishing as an editor of popular non-fiction for thirty years before being asked by Michael O'Mara Books to write I Used to Know That, which became a Sunday Times bestseller. Following that she was co-author of My Grammar and I (or should that be 'Me'?),and wrote a number of other books about words and English usage. She has appeared frequently on television and on national and regional radio, talking about language, grammar and whether or not Druids Cross should have an apostrophe.
Her website is carolinetaggart.co.uk and you can follow her on Twitter @citaggart.
‘Caroline Taggart has carved out a niche for herself in user-friendly, wittily written factual books.
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Help a Thief!
Caroline Taggart
The trouble with punctuation – well, one of the troubles, anyway – is that too many of the experts suggest leaving it to the writer's judgement.
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500 Beautiful Words You Should Know
Caroline Taggart
CRESTFALLEN at CHICANERY and CIRCUMLOCUTION? Have no TRUCK with TOMFOOLERY and TRUMPERY? Or OMNISCIENT about OBLOQUIES and OPSIMATHS?
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Improve Your Word Power
Caroline Taggart
Put your vocabulary skills to the test with this witty and engaging book.
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All That Glisters …
Caroline Taggart
Quotations – or snippets from them – are commonly used in everyday speech, most often without the speaker knowing where they came from.
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The Accidental Apostrophe
Caroline Taggart
Sunday Times bestselling author Caroline Taggart brings her usual gently humorous approach to punctuation, pointing out what really matters and what doesn’t.
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Back to Basics
Caroline Taggart
Don't know Midas from Oedipus? Wouldn't recognize a concerto from a sonata?
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Answers to Rhetorical Questions
Caroline Taggart
The rhetorical question is one of those grammatical quirks that just doesn't seem to have any logic to it; a question that doesn't require an answer - what kind of question is that?
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Misadventures in the English Language
Caroline Taggart
Misadventures in the English Language looks at some of the controversial aspects of English usage – grammar, vocabulary and punctuation – and tries to assess what matters and what doesn’t.
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The I Used to Know That Activity Book
Caroline Taggart
Dust off those cerebral filing cabinets and remind yourself of all those facts you really should know!
From pi and Pythagoras to presidents and popes, prime ministers to prime numbers, literature to
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Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat
Caroline Taggart
A fascinating collection of the many unusual and vibrant phrases that adorn our language, looking at their origins and meanings.
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New Words for Old
Caroline Taggart
The English language is a versatile and agile thing, and as our world changes, so too does the way we use it.
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500 Words You Should Know
Caroline Taggart
Ever wanted to ameliorate your atavistic lexicon, engage in a little intellectual badinage or been discombobulated by tricky diction? 500 Words You Should Know has you covered.
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As Right as Rain
Caroline Taggart
Would you be down in the dumps if, when asked the definition of certain phrases, it was all Greek to you?
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An Apple A Day
Caroline Taggart
Does absence really make the heart grow fonder? Can beggars be choosers? Is it always better late than never?
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A Classical Education
Caroline Taggart
How many times have you wished that your history stretched all the way back to Greek and Roman myths and legends? Or that you'd been taught Latin at school?
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Pushing the Envelope
Caroline Taggart
The bottom line is this: the workplace is a minefield of business jargon that people bandy about on a daily basis.
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My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be ‘Me’?)
Caroline Taggart, J. A. Wines
A runaway hit and Sunday Times bestseller in 2008, My Grammar and I has continued to grow in popularity, becoming the go-to guide for grammar.
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I Used to Know That
Caroline Taggart
If you've forgotten the capital city of Chile; the basics of osmosis; how to solve a quadratic equation; the names of the Bennet sisters in Pride and Prejudice; who wrote the famous poem about daffodi
