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CORAX Punctuation Without Tears by Dominic Selwood Illustrated by Delia Johnson
A powerful little book: surefooted simple feisty funny and profoundly helpful Five Stars (The Independent)Punctuate with confidence the easy way! A quick funny illustrated guide to all the punctuation youll ever need to know. Whether you want to master punctuation for school university creative writing journalism business or anything else this zany little book abandons complex rules and offers simple guidance for British and US English.In an easy and engaging style suitable for all ages this short guide goes through all the common punctuation marks explaining how to use each one and showing how to avoid some of the commonest errors.Using funny memorable examples it allows you quickly to master all the common punctuation marks: periods (full stops) commas colons semicolons exclamation marks question marks dashes hyphens apostrophes quotation marks brackets and ellipses. It also has sections on how to handle two punctuation marks next to each other numbers ize and ise and a wealth of other style advice. Many of the chapters are brought to life with whacky illustrations. British and US English No technical jargon Clear examplesThis book is for: Writers (fiction and nonfiction) Schools and colleges Business All agesI wish every one of my students would read this!Professor of Physics Oxford UniversityWhat a wonderful book!Director Author SchoolA magical manual!Editor Leading UK newspaperMade me laugh and cheerAwardwinning TV producerDominic Selwood is a journalist and bestselling author. Delia Johnson is a book illustrator.show more