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Making a Point

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

Making a Point

By David Crystal

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About the book

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 an...Show more

Language: history and general works

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9781781253519

Publisher

Profile Books Ltd

Published year

2016

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1

Original title

Making a Point

Format

Paperback

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