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Posted by beardedlady on May 11, 2002, at 4:29:19
The best book I've ever found for punctuation is from a series by Karen Elizabeth Gordon. It's called (how do you get italics here? Quotes will have to do) "The Well-Tempered Sentence." She also wrote "The Transitive Vampire" and "Intimate Apparel," both excellent grammar and word books. William Saffire's "Fumblerules" is another grammar book I recommend. I like the ones that are funny, because people learn better when the remember, and they remember better when it's funny.
But the book that's the bible for that sort of stuff, to me, anyway, is "The Chicago Manual of Style." I think the cost is something like $1,000 now. (Or at least $45.)
I have my own method for teaching punctuation. I just now got this brilliant idea that I should write my own punctuation book based on this method, especially since I have explained it to folks who never really "got" (italics) punctuation, and now they get it. So now I am psyched! Thanks, Phil!
Hope those help. (The first book I mentioned is very inexpensive and well worth it.)
beardy : )>
Posted by Phil on May 11, 2002, at 6:54:35
In reply to Punctuation Lessons, for Phil (and whomever), posted by beardedlady on May 11, 2002, at 4:29:19
Thanks/Beardy?? Its not for me I dont need it bot my brother who is dumber than I am hhhaaa wanted me to ask you?!!
I said to him...Plemun/ I told you to Finnish schooll:; but he doez it hid way,Thans,., agin""
Ps I hope you write that book because + there are some people I know that could use a book like :that: because even after going to *college they don"t know puntuation so I think it~yur book^ could help "some people' with their writing of couse% wise them people don't or cant always read a lot of books but I bet! they would read yours" because youre smart and interesting and you could certainly!! tell ^them^ where to shove a colon] haha Phil,
Some peoplecanbe real dumbbies??""""
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Posted by beardedlady on May 11, 2002, at 8:28:35
In reply to Re: Punctuation Lessons, for Phil (and whomever), posted by Phil on May 11, 2002, at 6:54:35
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