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Punctuation! (or at least a book that explains it)
Punctuation! (or at least a book that explains it)
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#26680 Tue, 30 Mar 04 06:17 PM
Can somebody point me to a site that explains English punctuation or, even better, let me know which book would be both concise and comprehensive? I am a native speaker of German teaching native speakers of Spanish, and between us we have so many comma rules in our native languages that I'm going bonkers. (Oh, and on amazon, most books on punctuation are out of print or have no further information, darn it.)
Thanks!
Cornelia
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#26740 Wed, 31 Mar 04 04:50 AM
Hi Cornelia...I am using this book for my class but it explains a whole lot about punctuation, in terms of writing. It explains everything about writing really. And it is The Little Brown Compact Handbook. Maybe you can look on the internet and see if that is what you need. Hope it helps.
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#26755 Wed, 31 Mar 04 07:45 AM
Thanks! They have an interesting site that I'll check out later, and maybe when I'm in the States next time I'll pick it up.
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#26761 Wed, 31 Mar 04 09:20 AM
I have my link for help your punctuation.
http://basbasic.homestead.com/Pp1.html
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#26763 Wed, 31 Mar 04 10:10 AM
I would recommend 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' by Lynne Truss. Find it on Amazon.
This book has sold very well in England to native English speakers!
As well as describing correct comma usage it also tackles less commonly used punctuation marks such as the semi colon ';'.
The title is better understood when you see the cover which has a panda painting over the comma between eats and shoots. After all, a Panda eats shoots and leaves whereas a hungry, gun-toting gangster eats, shoots and leaves. (He eats first, then he shoots and then he leaves!)
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