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Making a Point: The Pernickety Story of English Punctuation

by David Crystal
RM109.94 MYR
Making a Point: The Pernickety Story of English Punctuation - Thryft
Making a Point: The Pernickety Story of English Punctuation - Thryft
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Making a Point: The Pernickety Story of English Punctuation

by David Crystal
RM109.94 MYR
ISBN: 9781250060419
Authors: David Crystal
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date of Publication: 2015-10-06
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: History, Personal Development
Related Topics: Writing, How To
Goodreads rating: 3.95
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Description

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 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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