The Elements of Punctuation
Author : John Wilson
Publisher :
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 11,38 MB
Release : 1857
Category : English language
ISBN :
Author : John Wilson
Publisher :
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 11,38 MB
Release : 1857
Category : English language
ISBN :
Author : John Wilson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 38,86 MB
Release : 2023-11-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3375171420
Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.
Author : Lynne Truss
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 42,69 MB
Release : 2004-04-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1101218290
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.
Author : Oxford University Press
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 31,56 MB
Release : 1904
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Author : Paul Robinson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 42,50 MB
Release : 2002-06-08
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780226721835
Opera, Sex, and Other Vital Matters gathers both classic and never-before-published essays from one of the leading stylists in contemporary American letters, and one of our more revered public intellectuals, Paul Robinson. Diverse and elegant, the essays in this new collection showcase the sly wit and lightly worn erudition of their author. Each celebrates art and the flesh, directing us to the twin ecstasies of music and eros. The essays on opera gathered here explore how masterpieces like Fidelio and The Magic Flute reflect the intellectual currents of their day. Be it the work of Verdi or Mozart, Wagner or Strauss, Robinson compels us to search for meaning not just in the lyrics of opera but also in the music. In melody, not libretto, we are more likely to discern key historical complexities and appreciate the way opera transcends language and time. The essays on sexuality, meanwhile, are ruminative, funny, and even moving. At one moment, Robinson measures whether homosexuality is the result of destiny or free choice. In another, he shares a touching exchange of letters with a gay student in the process of coming out. The final essays that encompass "other vital matters" find Robinson at his most incisive. Whether defending Freud as the most influential thinker of the twentieth century, attacking the dreaded use of semicolons, reflecting on his own mortality, or even meditating on the nature of cats, Sex, Opera, and Other Vital Matters is an eclectic work that will appeal to any reader interested in the continuing relevance of ideas to life.
Author : Lester Kaufman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,47 MB
Release : 2021-04-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1119652847
The bestselling workbook and grammar guide, revised and updated! Hailed as one of the best books around for teaching grammar, The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation includes easy-to-understand rules, abundant examples, dozens of reproducible quizzes, and pre- and post-tests to help teach grammar to middle and high schoolers, college students, ESL students, homeschoolers, and more. This concise, entertaining workbook makes learning English grammar and usage simple and fun. This updated 12th edition reflects the latest updates to English usage and grammar, and includes answers to all reproducible quizzes to facilitate self-assessment and learning. Clear and concise, with easy-to-follow explanations, offering "just the facts" on English grammar, punctuation, and usage Fully updated to reflect the latest rules, along with even more quizzes and pre- and post-tests to help teach grammar Ideal for students from seventh grade through adulthood in the US and abroad For anyone who wants to understand the major rules and subtle guidelines of English grammar and usage, The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation offers comprehensive, straightforward instruction.
Author : Karen Elizabeth Gordon
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 15,65 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780618382019
The basic rules governing the use of periods, semicolons, hyphens, commas, and other punctuation marks are illustrated by original explanations and humorous sample sentences. Reprint.
Author : Geoffrey Nunberg
Publisher : Center for the Study of Language (CSLI)
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 18,42 MB
Release : 1990-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780937073469
Geoffrey Nunberg challenges a widespread assumption that the linguistic structure of written languages is qualitatively identical to that of spoken language: It should no longer be necessary to defend the view that written language is truly language, but it is surprising to learn of written-language category indicators that are realized by punctuation marks and other figural devices.' He shows that traditional approaches to these devices tend to describe the features of written language exclusively by analogy to those of spoken language, with the result that punctuation has been regarded as an unsystematic and deficient means for presenting spoken-language intonation. Analysed in its own terms, however, punctuation manifests a coherent linguistic subsystem of 'text-grammar' that coexists in writing with the system of 'lexical grammar' that has been the traditional object of linguistic inquiry. A detailed analysis of the category structure of English text-sentences reveals a highly systematic set of syntactic and presentational rules that can be described in terms independent of the rules of lexical grammar and are largely matters of the tacit knowledge that writers acquire without formal instruction. That these rules obey constraints that are structurally analogous to those of lexical grammar leads Nunberg to label the text-grammar an 'application' of the principles of natural language organization to a new domain. Geoffrey Nunberg is a researcher at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 42,83 MB
Release : 1933
Category : Infants
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Author : Samuel Stillman Greene
Publisher :
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 15,81 MB
Release : 1857
Category : English language
ISBN :