{"product_id":"the-best-punctuation-book-period-a-comprehensive-guide-for-every-writer-editor-student-and-businessperson","title":"The Best Punctuation Book, Period: A Comprehensive Guide for Every Writer, Editor, Student, and Businessperson","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis all-in-one reference is a quick and easy way for book, magazine, online, academic, and business writers to look up sticky punctuation questions for all styles including AP (Associated Press), MLA (Modern Language Association), APA (American Psychological Association), and Chicago Manual of Style. These days, writers wear many different hats: they write magazine and news articles, sales copy, online newsletters, books, and reports. It's hard to keep the punctuation style rules for each one straight--until now. This comprehensive reference from grammar guru June Casagrande is organized by punctuation type to give writers quick answers no matter what they're writing for. The Best Punctuation Book, Period provides clear answers to common questions about hyphenation, commas, apostrophes, numbers, and italics;a Punctuation A to Z section addressing commonly confused terms in one master list;and rulings from an expert Punctuation Panel on gray areas. With this resource in hand, writers will be able to craft polished, appropriate prose for every job in a flash--;Provided by publisher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJUNE CASAGRANDE is the author of the weekly syndicated \"A Word, Please\" grammar column and a copy editor for the custom publishing department of the \n\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e. She has worked as a reporter, features writer, city editor, proofreader, and copyediting instructor for UC San Diego Extension. She is the author of \n\u003ci\u003eGrammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies, Mortal Syntax, \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003e It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Pasadena, California, with her husband. Visit www.junecasagrande.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIntroduction: Punctuation Is Easy, Except When It's Not \n\u003cbr\u003e How to Use This Book \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Part I. Guidelines \n\u003cbr\u003e Apostrophe \n\u003cbr\u003e Comma \n\u003cbr\u003e Period \n\u003cbr\u003e Colon \n\u003cbr\u003e Semicolon \n\u003cbr\u003e Quotation Mark \n\u003cbr\u003e Single Quotation Mark \n\u003cbr\u003e Question Mark \n\u003cbr\u003e Exclamation Point \n\u003cbr\u003e Ellipsis \n\u003cbr\u003e Hyphen \n\u003cbr\u003e Em Dash \n\u003cbr\u003e En Dash \n\u003cbr\u003e Parenthesis \n\u003cbr\u003e Bracket \n\u003cbr\u003e Slash and Backslash \n\u003cbr\u003e Lists \n\u003cbr\u003e Numbers and Addresses \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Part II. Punctuation A to Z \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Appendix A: Understanding Grammatical Units: \n\u003cbr\u003e Phrases, Clauses, Sentences, and Sentence Fragments \n\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: Identifying Parts of Speech for Better Punctuation \n\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \n\u003cbr\u003e About the Author and Punctuation Panel \n\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eRidiculously useful. The best book on punctuation I've ever seen. \n\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e --Mignon Fogarty \n\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e author of \n\u003ci\u003eGrammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eInvaluable reference work for professional proofreaders, editors, and writers because it is the only book that presents Chicago, AP, APA, and MLA conventions side by side. (Acronym-free translation: for each use of each punctuation mark, this book clearly explains and illustrates the practices used by book publishers, the news media, social science publications, and nonscientific academic papers and journal articles.) \n\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e --Amy Einsohn, author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Copyeditor's Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis all-in-one reference is a quick and easy way for book, magazine, online, academic, and business writers to look up sticky punctuation questions for all styles including AP (Associated Press), MLA (Modern Language Association), APA (American Psychological Association), and Chicago Manual of Style.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePunctuate with Confidence--No Matter the Style \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Confused about punctuation? There's a reason. Everywhere you turn, publications seem to follow different rules on everything from possessive apostrophes to hyphens to serial commas. Then there are all the gray areas of punctuation--situations the rule books gloss over or never mention at all. At last, help has arrived. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This complete reference guide from grammar columnist June Casagrande covers the basic rules of punctuation plus the finer points not addressed anywhere else, offering clear answers to perplexing questions about semicolons, quotation marks, periods, apostrophes, and more. Better yet, this is the only guide that uses handy icons to show how punctuation rules differ for book, news, academic, and science styles--so you can boldly switch between essays, online newsletters, reports, fiction, and magazine and news articles. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis handbook also features rulings from an expert \"Punctuation Panel\" so you can see how working pros approach sticky situations. And the second half of the book features an alphabetical master list of commonly punctuated terms worth its weight in gold, combining rulings from the major style guides and showing exactly where they differ. With \n\u003ci\u003eThe Best Punctuation Book, Period\u003c\/i\u003e, you'll be able to handle any punctuation predicament in a flash--and with aplomb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Casagrande, June\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ten Speed Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2014-04-15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Language Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines|Grammar \u0026amp; Punctuation|Language Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines|Style Manuals|Language Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines|Linguistics|Etymology|Language Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines|Literacy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Grammar|Rhetoric|LANGUAGE ARTS \u0026amp; DISCIPLINES \/ Grammar \u0026amp; Punct|REFERENCE \/ Writing Skills|LANGUAGE ARTS \u0026amp; DISCIPLINES \/ Reference|English language|Punctuation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781607744931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9781607744931\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ten Speed Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51154352505110,"sku":"SP-9781607744931","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781607744931_spiral.png?v=1774943062","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-best-punctuation-book-period-a-comprehensive-guide-for-every-writer-editor-student-and-businessperson","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}