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- http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0913/2009291769-b.html - Contributor biographical information
- http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0913/2009291769-d.html - Publisher description
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Berklee College of Music.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Getz Library | PE1450 .T78 2008 | 37684001054894 | Getz Stacks | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available | - |
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- ISBN: 9781592403912
- ISBN: 1592403913
- Physical Description: 176 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: Illustrated ed.
- Publisher: New York : Gotham Books, c2008.
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| General Note: | "Originally published in Great Britain in 2003 by Profile Books, Ltd."--T.p. verso. With a foreword by Frank McCourt (2004). |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-173). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: The seventh sense -- The tractable ... Read More |
| Summary, etc.: | We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A ... Read More |
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| Subject: | English language > Punctuation > Juvenile literature Comma > Juvenile literature. |
Summary:
We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled. From the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, this lively history makes a powerful case for the preservation of a system of printing conventions that is much too subtle to be mucked about with.