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Books : The Penguin Guide to Punctuation (Penguin Reference Books)

by: R L Trask


Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 031 EAN: 9780140513660 ISBN: 0140513663 Label: Penguin Manufacturer: Penguin Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: August 05, 2004 Publisher: Penguin Sales Rank: 9339 Studio: Penguin	Average Rating: List Price: £7.99 Amazon.co.uk's Price: £5.99 You Save: £2.00 (25%) Prices subject to change.
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- The best guide
The best guide to punctuation available. I'd read a number of guides to this subject and I still wasn't completely clear on some points until I came across this excellent book. It's crystal clear and very easy to read and use. I wish this had been the first punctuation guide I'd read: I would have saved myself both time and money. The book covers a number of areas that I didn't expect but found very useful, such as referencing and how to lay out reports.

I've since read a number ... Read More

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- The single most helpful reference book on English punctuation and related topics
As a native German and long-time anglophile I had been looking for something like this for ages. The author manages to convey his insights without any hint of intellectual stiffness or arrogance. At the same time one gets the impression he knows what he is talking about. But he is not dogmatic, either. He will freely acknowledge when his view differs from, say, common usage at publishing houses.
At the end of each chapter, there is a summary of the most important/basic rules for quick reference. ... Read More

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- Nice book to learn or 're-learn' your punctuation...
This is a nice little book to get you started or even refresh your memory on correct punctuation. It's a nice and easy book to read through and, though a mere 160 pages or so, very comprehensive, covering all you will need to know about punctuation. I've just quickly read through it today, but will read through it in more detail at my leisure in the hope of purging some of my many bad writing habits. Recommended.

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- Splendid book
This is the best book on punctuation that I know. Each punctuation mark is very well explained. However, to be brief, I will comment only on how professor Trask explains the use of the comma. He says that there are only four uses of the comma. He lists the four uses (the only four) of the comma and then presents a test designed to help you to decide for yourself if a comma is used properly or not. Sometimes it is hard to apply the test. For example consider the following sentence that you can find on page ... Read More

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- Best English lesson ever
Punctuation is the most confusing part of grammar for writers.

This book details the correct usage for each punctuation, in a way that a thirteen year old would understand.

Most definitely the best English lesson I have had.

If you only buy one book on writing/grammar, than I advise you to buy this one.

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