Punctuation Revisited: A Strategic Guide for Academics, Wordsmiths, and Obsessive Perfectionists

By Richard Kallan

Book Overview

Punctuation Revisited is an advanced, comprehensive guide to the importance of punctuation in conveying meaning and augmenting the power of a message.

Richard Kallan provides guidance on how to structure sentences accurately and in a manner that enhances their readability and rhetorical appeal. This book discusses in fine detail not just when and how to employ specific punctuation marks, but the rationale behind them. It also notes when the major academic style manuals differ in their punctuation advice. These unique features are designed to benefit beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of standard punctuation practice.

Punctuation Revisited is a wonderful resource for students of composition and writing, an essential read for writing center tutors and faculty, as well as the perfect addition to anyone's professional library.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138338281
• ISBN13: 9781138338289
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"