Research Catalog

Title

The Associated Press guide to punctuation / René J. Cappon.

Author

Cappon, René J. (René Jacques), 1924-2007

Publication

Cambridge, MA : Perseus Pub., c2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

Associated Press

Description

96 p.; 19 cm.

Summary

"More people write for the Associated Press than for any other news service, and more writers take their style and word-usage cues from this world-famous institution than from any other journalism source. In the no-nonsense, authoritative tradition of the best-selling AP Stylebook, the top editors at the AP have now written the definitive guide to punctuation. From the when and how of the ampersand to the rules for dashes, slashes, and brackets; from the correct moment for the overused exclamation point to the rules of engagement for the semicolon, The AP Guide to Punctuation is an invaluable and easy-to-use guide to the most important aspect of clear and persuasive writing"--Publisher description.

Alternative Title

• Guide to punctuation
• Punctuation

Subject

English language > Punctuation > Handbooks, manuals, etc

Genre/Form

Handbooks and manuals

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. The Ampersand -- 3. The Apostrophe -- 4. Brackets -- 5. Capitalization -- 6. The Colon -- 7. The Comma -- 8. The Dash -- 9. The Ellipsis -- 10. The Exclamation Point -- 11. The Hyphen -- 12. Parentheses -- 13. The Period -- 14. The Question Mark -- 15. Quotation Marks -- 16. The Semicolon -- 17. The Slash.

ISBN

0738207853

OCLC

• 51451911
• SCSB-11866809

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library