| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
213 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 19 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: love, hate, and semicolons -- Deep history: the birth of the semicolon -- The science of semicolons: American grammar wars -- Sexy semicolons -- Loose women and liquor laws: the semicolon wreaks havoc in Boston -- The minutiae of mercy -- Carving semicolons in stone -- Semicolon savants -- Persuasion and pretension: are semicolons for snobs? -- Conclusion: against the rules?. |
| Summary |
Through her rollicking biography of the semicolon, Watson writes a guide to grammar that explains why we don’t need guides at all, and refocuses our attention on the deepest, most primary value of language: true communication. |
| Subject(S) |
English language -- Punctuation.
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Semicolon.
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| ISBN |
9780062853059 |
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9780062853066 |
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9780062917935 |
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9780062917942 |
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0062917935 |
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0062917943 |
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0062853058 |
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0062853066 |
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