Making a Point : The Pernickety Story of English Punctuation Hardback
by David Crystal
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Behind every punctuation mark lie a thousand stories.
The punctuation of English, marked with occasional rationality, is founded on arbitrariness and littered with oddities.
For a system of a few dozen marks it generates a disproportionate degree of uncertainty and passion, inspiring organisations like the Apostrophe Protection Society and sending enthusiasts, correction-pens in hand, in a crusade against error across the United States. Professor Crystal leads us through this minefield with characteristic wit, clarity and commonsense.
He gives a fascinating account of the origin and progress of every kind of punctuation mark over one and a half millennia, and he offers sound advice on how punctuation may be used to meet the needs of every occasion and context.
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- Pages:400 pages
- Publisher:Profile Books Ltd
- Publication Date:17/09/2015
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- ISBN:9781781253502
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:400 pages
- Publisher:Profile Books Ltd
- Publication Date:17/09/2015
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- ISBN:9781781253502