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Tarfumes.com - The Associated Press Guide to Punctuation

The Associated Press Guide to Punctuation
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Manufacturer: Basic Books
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 428.2
EAN: 9780738207858
ISBN: 0738207853
Label: Basic Books
Manufacturer: Basic Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 112
Publication Date: 2003-01
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date: 2003-01-07
Studio: Basic Books

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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.



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Summary: Informative
Comment: If your in a rush to write an article, this book will help you out.

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Summary: Extremely helpful
Comment: Any writer should have this at their desk at all times. This book made me more comfortable with the semicolon.

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Summary: The gold standard
Comment: For journalists, the AP style guides are pretty much the gold standard (or silver, depending on your economic policy leanings). With so much terrible grammar and punctuation, and often lack of punctuation, present in today's world, this is a must-have for aspiring writers, especially journalists.

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Summary: Decent reference
Comment: There's no mystery here, and it's not intended to be a grammatically pristene work of art. It is, after all, a 96-page reference manual. If you are used to writing/editing literary and academic styles and need to refresh your memory on the punctuation variables in journalistic writing, this is an easy point-to reference that won't take up any more of your precious time than absolutely necessary.

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Summary: Full of mistakes
Comment: It appears that some fool edited the cautionary examples for correctness. (p. 34) The grammar is poor ("verboten" as a noun? (p. 85)), and the usage is non-standard (Commas are "trundled out"? (p.37)). Some passages are self-contradictory ("With Adjectives, p. 37).

This book is not a total disaster, but I can hardly recommend it.


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