Description
The plain guide to the clear presentation of written language: punctuation is the `nuts and bolts’ of the English language, and here is the ideal everyday companion. Punctuation has been described as `a courtesy designed to help readers understand a story without stumbling’. Included in this essential guide are: – `Ten Golden Rules of Punctuation’ by a Victorian schoolmistress – how to deal with capitalization, full stops and commas – mastery of colons, parentheses, dashes, hyphens, questions, exclamations and apostrophes – the ultimate punctuation test – witty cartoons by Hunt Emerson
