Punctuation at work: simple principles for achieving clarity and good style
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Punctuation can't rescue sense from nonsense -- The main reason to punctuate is to clarify your intent -- One of punctuation's tasks is to supply the various signals given by the voice -- In workplace writing, a sentence should yield its meaning instantly -- Punctuation should be invisible -- Punctuation follows the arrangement of words -- Punctuation indicates how ideas relate -- Punctuation suggests how much emphasis an idea deserves -- Punctuation slows the reading -- Don't count too much on context to make your meaning plain -- Know the difference between restrictive and non-restrictive expressions -- Respect the distinction between that and which -- When is punctuation optional? -- Use the serial comma -- When do I separate adjectives with a comma? -- Use the hyphen to clarify "improvised usage" -- Sometimes, no matter how you punctuate, a reader is going to think it's wrong -- Feed your head -- When you see an odd usage, consider the source -- Apostrophe -- Brackets -- Colon -- Comma -- Dash -- Ellipsis -- Hyphen -- Parentheses -- Period -- Question mark -- Quotation marks -- Semicolon -- Slash -- Punctuating common sentence structures Proper punctuation isn't just for school teachers--it's for anyone in the workplace who wants to communicate professionally ... and clearly! |
Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (202 pages) |
ISBN: | 081441494X 0814414958 9780814414958 |
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spellingShingle | Lauchman, Richard Punctuation at work simple principles for achieving clarity and good style LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General bisacsh LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation bisacsh English language / Punctuation fast Englisch Linguistik English language Punctuation |
title | Punctuation at work simple principles for achieving clarity and good style |
title_auth | Punctuation at work simple principles for achieving clarity and good style |
title_exact_search | Punctuation at work simple principles for achieving clarity and good style |
title_full | Punctuation at work simple principles for achieving clarity and good style Richard Lauchman |
title_fullStr | Punctuation at work simple principles for achieving clarity and good style Richard Lauchman |
title_full_unstemmed | Punctuation at work simple principles for achieving clarity and good style Richard Lauchman |
title_short | Punctuation at work |
title_sort | punctuation at work simple principles for achieving clarity and good style |
title_sub | simple principles for achieving clarity and good style |
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topic_facet | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation English language / Punctuation Englisch Linguistik English language Punctuation |
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