Comma Sense: A Fundamental Guide To Punctuation - Hardcover

Lederer, Richard; Shore, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312342543 ISBN 13: 9780312342548

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2005

Synopsis

Co-written by the grammarian author of the best-selling Anguished English series, a lighthearted primer on the fundamentals of American-language punctuation devotes a series of chapters to each of the major punctuation marks, providing easy-to-follow and accessible advice in a humorous format. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Authors

Richard Lederer, Ph.D., is the author of more than thirty books on the English language, including Anguished English and A Man of My Words. His syndicated column, “Looking at Language,” appears in newspapers and magazines nationwide, and he hosts a weekly show on San Diego Public Radio. He lives in San Diego, California, with his wife.

John Shore is a magazine writer and editor in San Diego. He is the author of Penguins, Pain, & The Whole Shebang: Why I Do The Things I Do, by God (as told to John Shore).

Richard Lederer, Ph.D., is the author of more than thirty books on the English language, including Anguished English and A Man of My Words. His syndicated column, "Looking at Language," appears in newspapers and magazines nationwide, and he co-hosts a weekly show on San Diego Public Radio. He lives in San Diego, California, with his wife.

John Shore is a magazine writer and editor in San Diego. He is the author of Penguins, Pain, & The Whole Shebang: Why I Do The Things I Do, by God (as told to John Shore).

From the Back Cover

"Of my 465 books on punctuation---I've read them all---Comma Sense is the wisest and funniest. It's the only one you really need."
---Bryan A. Garner, author of Garner's Modern American Usage

"A thorough field guide to the pesky little critters of the punctuation forest.
Lederer and Shore hit the marks!"
---Bill Walsh, author of The Elephants of Style

"Who else would call the exclamation point 'this titan of tingle, this prince of palpitation'? Who else would call the apostrophe the Jesse James of punctuation? Who else would compare the dash to Fred Astaire, the semicolon to Duke Ellington, and parentheses (yes, my darlings) to Louella Parsons? It can only be Richard Lederer, Viceroy of Verbivores, and his trusty sidekick, John Shore."
---Patricia T. O'Conner, author of Woe Is I

"Punctuation needn't be perplexing or painful, as Richard Lederer and John Shore make abundantly clear. Comma Sense is full of easy-to-understand guidance for the grammatically challenged---and loads of laughs besides!"
--- Martha Barnette, author of Dog Days and Dandelions

"If America had 'Living National Treasures,' the way Japan and Korea do, Richard Lederer would be one."
---Barbara Wallraff, author of Your Own Words

Edition details

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312342543
• ISBN 13: 9780312342548
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 140