Making a point

Making a point

by Crystal, David

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Behind every punctuation mark lies 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 organizations 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 ch…

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  • Full title :Making a point / David Crystal.

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Behind every punctuation mark lies 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 organizations 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. In David Crystal's Making a Point, he gives a fascinating account of the origin and progress of every kind of punctuation mark over one and a half millennia and offers sound advice on how punctuation may be used to meet the needs of every occasion and context.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015.
  • Edition:First U.S. edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):St. Martin's Press
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

  • Description:378 pages ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781250060419, 1250060419
  • oclc:ocn972700758
  • Dewey Decimal:428.2 Crys

Subjects

English language English language -- Errors of usage English language -- History English language -- Punctuation History ponctuation Punctuation

Writers

Crystal, David

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