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This 'engaging history of punctuation' (Wall Street Journal) is not only the first history of its kind, but a complete guide on how to use English punctuation.
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 organisations like the Apostrophe Protection Society and sending enthusiasts, correction-pens in hand, in a crusade against error.
Professor Crystal leads us through this minefield with characteristic wit, clarity and commonsense. He gives a fascinating account of the origin and progress of every kind of punctuation mark over one and a half millennia, and he offers sound advice on how punctuation may be used to meet the needs of every occasion and context.
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Here is a learned and subtle book that amuses as it instructs, and instructs as it amuses. It deserves to sell three million (Sam Leith Guardian 2015-10-17)
Mr Crystal treats his chosen period with enthusiasm and insight. (Keith Houston Wall Street Journal)
David Crystal's superb new book is packed full of illuminating examples ... With crisp, tight prose punctuated with self-conscious precision, Crystal provides not only a historical guide but an indispensable reference manual (South China Morning Post 2015-10-13)
Crystal will delight anyone interested in written language ... he brings scholarly acumen and gravity, as well as delight and good humor, to his subject. (Publishers Weekly)
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The triumphant third volume in David Crystal's classic series on the English language combines the first history of English punctuation with a complete guide to how to use it - now in paperback
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- PublisherProfile Books
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 178125351X
- ISBN 13 9781781253519
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages400
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