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The New Well-Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed Paperback - 2003
by Karen Elizabeth Gordon
Now available for the first time in trade paperback, this classic work is sure to appeal to a whole new audience of language lovers--and loathers: anyone who has ever fumbled for the proper word or punctuation mark.
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At long last, The New Well-Tempered Sentence rescues punctuation from the perils of boredom, with wholly original explanations of the rules of punctuation, whimsical graphics, and utterly unforgettable characters (yes, characters in a grammar book). Gordon teaches you clearly and simply where to place a comma and how to use an apostrophe. Gradually, as you master the elusive slashes, dots, and dashes that give expression to our most perplexing thoughts, you will find yourself in the grip of a bizarre and bemusing comedy of manners. Witty, saucy, and utterly unforgettable, The New Well-Tempered Sentence is a must-have for anyone who has ever despaired of opening a punctuation handbook but whose sentences despair without one.
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WHAT A WILD, reckless, willful invention!
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- Title The New Well-Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed
- Author Karen Elizabeth Gordon
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 147
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Collins Reference, Boston, Massachsetts
- Date 2003-09-19
- Features Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780618382019 / 0618382011
- Weight 0.39 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 8.04 x 6.2 x 0.41 in (20.42 x 15.75 x 1.04 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects English language - Punctuation
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93018454
- Dewey Decimal Code 428.2
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