Dr. Grammar Guy with Richard Lederer

In this sure to please performance, Dr. Richard Lederer, Union-Tribune language columnist, best-selling language author, and former Usage Editor for the Random House Dictionary, will illuminate essential grammar, usage, and punctuation, including the terminal preposition, split infinitive, they as a third-person singular pronoun, and the utility of the serial comma. Even if you aren’t a grammar fiend, you’ll be sure to enjoy this performance where language and learning come together in a fun and novel form. Come prepared to laugh and learn!

Dr. Lederer is the author of more than 50 books about language, history, and humor, including his best-selling Anguished English series and his current titles, Lederer’s Language & Laughter and A Treasury of Christmas Humor. He is a founding co-host of “A Way With Words,” broadcast on KPBS. He has been named International Punster of the Year and Toastmasters International’s Golden Gavel winner.