Note: I am reviewing the 2nd Edition.I stumbled upon this text in my parents bookshelf. I am twenty-six years old now, and I have not come across a guide to writing as thorough and straightforward until now. Whereas many textbooks tend to discuss grammar in a broken and ambiguous fashion, Susan keeps you turning pages with interesting and uncomplicated illustrations of concepts ranging from how to structure a paragraph to grammatical concepts such as how to identify a prepositional phrase. The ideal reader is someone who is in high school or college. Although, I have discovered this book now and I plan on keeping a copy nearby next time I sit down to write.