Lapsing into a Comma A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--And How to Avoid Them

Name: Lapsing into a Comma A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--And How to Avoid Them
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ISBN: 9780809225354

ISBN-10: 0809225352

ISBN-13: 9780809225354

Edition: 2000

Authors: Bill Walsh

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In an opinionated and humorous way, a copy chief for the Washington Post shows how to apply the basic rules of style to unique, modern grammatical issues.

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date: 5/22/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 7.10" wide x 8.50" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Beyond Search and Replace: Using Your Head as Well as Your Stylebook	p. 1
You Could Look It Up!: How to Use a Dictionary With Style	p. 5
Holding the (Virtual) Fort: Disturbing Trends in the Information Age	p. 13
Literally Speaking: Write What You Mean, Mean What You Write	p. 31
Giving 110 Percent: Why You Needed Those Math Classes After All	p. 37
Matters of Sensitivity: Correctness, Political and Otherwise	p. 41
He Said, She Said: Quotations in the News	p. 49
The Big Type: Headlines and Captions	p. 65
Dash It All, Period: The Finer Points of Punctuation	p. 71
The Curmudgeon's Stylebook: Details, Details	p. 95
Index	p. 229
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