The Pernickity Story of English Punctuation
Hardback
Publication Date: 21/10/2015
The triumphant concluding volume in David Crystal's classic trilogy on the English language combines the first history of English punctuation with a complete guide on how to use it. 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.
- ISBN:
- 9781781253502
- 9781781253502
- Category:
- Language: history & general works
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 21-10-2015
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Profile Books Limited
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Dimensions (mm):
- 204x138x36mm
- Weight:
- 0.52kg
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