Stephen Spector

The Quotable Guide to Punctuation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is designed to help readers punctuate confidently and effectively through enjoyable and illuminating lessons that draw on the words of great writers, celebrities, and historical figures. Chapters begin with quotes that exemplify good punctuation so that readers build proper punctuation skills from context.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 139mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 393g
• ISBN-13: 9780190675547
• ISBN-10: 0190675543
• Artikelnr.: 47974515

Autorenporträt

Stephen Spector is professor of English and former department chair at SUNY Stony Brook University. He has published eight books, dealing mainly with religion, politics, and language. He has received numerous prizes, fellowships, and grants, has been a Visiting Scholar at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and has held research fellowship appointments at the National Humanities Center and Wesleyan University.

Inhaltsangabe

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