Punctuation Revisited: A Strategic Guide for Academics, Wordsmiths, and Obsessive Perfectionists

Author:   Richard Kallan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781138338289


Pages:   140
Publication Date:   15 April 2020
Format:   Paperback
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Punctuation Revisited is an advanced, comprehensive guide to the importance of punctuation in conveying meaning and augmenting the power of a message. Richard Kallan provides guidance on how to structure sentences accurately and in a manner that enhances their readability and rhetorical appeal. This book discusses in fine detail not just when and how to employ specific punctuation marks, but the rationale behind them. It also notes when the major academic style manuals differ in their punctuation advice. These unique features are designed to benefit beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of standard punctuation practice. Punctuation Revisited is a wonderful resource for students of composition and writing, an essential read for writing center tutors and faculty, as well as the perfect addition to anyone’s professional library.

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Author:   Richard Kallan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.226kg
ISBN:  

9781138338289


ISBN 10:   1138338281
Pages:   140
Publication Date:   15 April 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I: PERIODS, QUESTION MARKS, AND EXCLAMATION POINTS CHAPTER 2: COMMAS CHAPTER 3: SEMICOLONS CHAPTER 4: COLONS AND DASHES CHAPTER 5: APOSTROPHES CHAPTER 6: DOUBLE AND SINGLE QUOTATION MARKS CHAPTER 7: ELLIPSES AND SLASHES CHAPTER 8: PARENTHESES AND BRACKETS

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Richard Kallan chairs the Communication Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He has taught writing at several colleges, including the University of Southern California (USC Marshall School of Business) and the University of California, Santa Barbara (Writing Program).

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