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Graham King
Improve Your Punctuation [EPUB ebook]
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The plain guide to the clear presentation of written language: punctuation is the ‘nuts and bolts’ of the English language, and here is the ideal everyday companion.Punctuation has been described as ‘a courtesy designed to help readers understand a story without stumbling’. Included in this essential guide are:- ‘Ten Golden Rules of Punctuation’ by a Victorian schoolmistress- how to deal with capitalization, full stops and commas- mastery of colons, parentheses, dashes, hyphens, questions, exclamations and apostrophes- the ultimate punctuation test- witty cartoons by Hunt Emerson

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780007571963 ● Publisher HarperCollins Publishers ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5633974 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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