Comma Sense: A Fun-damental Guide to Punctuation

Comma Sense: A Fun-damental Guide to Punctuation
ISBN-10
0312342543
ISBN-13
9780312342548
Series
Comma Sense
Category
Humor
Pages
140
Language
English
Published
2005-08
Publisher
Macmillan
Authors
John Shore, Richard Lederer

Description

A lighthearted primer on the fundamentals of American-language punctuation devotes a series of chapters to each of the major punctuation marks.

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