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The quotable guide to punctuation /

"This book makes punctuation more fun and easier to learn than traditional approaches do. It teaches the natural way, by example: each lesson begins with quotes that exemplify good punctuation and sentence structure. Quotations are humorous and informative, drawn from the words of notable figur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spector, Stephen, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Punctuation-Who Needs It?
  • 1: Defining Some Really Basic Terms
  • 2: Apostrophes
  • 3: Colons
  • 4: Commas
  • 5: Dashes
  • 6: En Dashes
  • 7: Exclamation Points!!!!
  • 8: However: How to Get the Punctuation Right Every Time
  • 9: Hyphens
  • 10: Parentheses and Square Brackets
  • 11: Periods
  • 12: Ellipses
  • 13: Abbreviations, Contractions, Numbers, and Dates
  • 14: "The Angry, Aggressive Period"
  • 15: Question Marks
  • 16: Quotation Marks
  • 17: Quotes within Quotes
  • 18: Run-on Sentences
  • 19: Semicolons
  • 20: Starting Sentences with And or But.