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Making a Point: The Persnickety Story of English Punctuation - Hardcover

Crystal, David

 
9781250060419: Making a Point: The Persnickety Story of English Punctuation
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1250060419 ISBN 13: 9781250060419
Verlag: ST MARTINS PR, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

<p><b>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. </b><br><br>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. <br><br>Professor Crystal leads us through this minefield with characteristic wit, clarity, and commonsense. In <i>Making a Point</i>, 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.</p>

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DAVID CRYSTAL<b> </b>is Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. His many books range from clinical linguistics to the liturgy and Shakespeare. He is the author of <i>The Story of English in 100 Words</i> and <i>Spell It Out: The Singular History of English Spelling</i>, both published by Profile. His <i>Stories of English </i>is a Penguin Classic. He lives in the United Kingdom.

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Verlag
ST MARTINS PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1250060419
ISBN 13 
9781250060419
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
400
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