1st Edition

You Have a Point There A Guide to Punctuation and Its Allies

By Eric Partridge Copyright 1953
244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

This standard work on punctuation has long been judged the foremost study of the subject. It reveals punctuation to be both an indispensable craft and an invaluable art - a friend, not an enemy.

FOREWORD, BOOK I: PUNCTUATION, BOOK II: ALLIES AND ACCESSORIES, BOOK III: ORCHESTRATION, BOOK IV: AMERICAN, APPENDIX I: A FEW NOTES ON OTHER WORKS, II: A BRIEF LIST OF ACCENTS, SUBJECT INDEX

Biography

Eric Partridge

'He discusses every conceivable problem of punctuation; everyone from bad letter-writers to experienced authors is likely to find it useful.' - Sunday Times