Regardless of how fluent and skilled you think you are when it comes to the English Language, one is always in need of a refresher course. You never know, that very verb or classic quote you've been so fond of using may actually be off the mark (you will learn how to use may/might properly in one of its chapters). You can learn from the blunders of others, and vow to yourself never to make the same mistakes. But then, old habits diehard. Second language users will definitely benefit from this book, and many of the hits-and-misses and boos-boos were commited by professionals, some of whom use language to earn a living, and many of whom are native users. And my, the mistakes made are quite funny. I had many a good laugh (and laughter is a good antidote for stress and depression, cliche I know) over them, even late into the night (I wonder what my neighbours had thought of all those peals of laughter).
English has always been a slippery one, what with its many past pefect tenses, past participles, progressive tenses, and having to differentiate between gerunds and infinitives, getting the subject-verb agreement right. The latter in itself can give you split ends, if not a splitting migraine. So, why not indulge yourself in some good laughs while learning a thing or two about grammar? And keep this book about you at all times.
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