Yes, I Could Care Less

The author & copy editor sheds more insights on the English language in this book on rights and wrongs—and why not wrong doesn’t necessarily mean right. “Some will call Walsh a demigod of usage. Others will call him a demagogue. I call him, oxymoronically, our most amiable curmudgeon of style.”—Charles Harrington Elster, author of The Accidents of Style  and Verbal Advantage Are you a language snob? Could you care less? Literally? Welcome to the club! But beware: You probably don’t know