Voeller, Edward A.
Punctuation for review and reference : a style manual with exercises / Edward Voeller - Lincolnwood, Ill. : Contemporary Books, c1998. - vii, 71 pages ; illustration (black and white) ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Contents: Part one Capitalization, periods with sentences -- Capitalization of certain words -- Apostrophes with contractions -- Commas with conjunctions -- Apostrophes wit the possessive -- Commas with more than two items in a series -- Question marks with questions -- Commas with dates and figures -- Periods with abbreviations -- Exclamation points with strong emotion -- Capital letters with titles -- Part two Commas with expressions of time and place -- Indirect questions -- Apostrophes with plurals of letters and words -- Commas with transitional expressions of chronology -- Commas with dependent and independent clauses -- Semicolons with pairs of related sentences -- Semicolons, commas with transitional expressions -- Commas with appositive -- Colons with a series of items -- Commas with tag questions -- Semicolons with a series of items -- Commas between adjectives -- Commas with prepositional phrases --Double and single quotation marks -- Colons for smooth transitions -- Hyphens with divided words -- Hyphens with numbers, prefixes, compound adjectives, and compound nouns -- Parentheses with abbreviations -- Dashes in place of commas, periods, semicolons, and colons -- Ellipsis points in quotations -- Italics with titles -- Numbers spelled put and numbers as figures
Adult
Text in English
0844208175 [paperback]
97038204
English language--Punctuation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language--Punctuation--Problems, exercises, etc.
Punctuation for review and reference : a style manual with exercises / Edward Voeller - Lincolnwood, Ill. : Contemporary Books, c1998. - vii, 71 pages ; illustration (black and white) ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Contents: Part one Capitalization, periods with sentences -- Capitalization of certain words -- Apostrophes with contractions -- Commas with conjunctions -- Apostrophes wit the possessive -- Commas with more than two items in a series -- Question marks with questions -- Commas with dates and figures -- Periods with abbreviations -- Exclamation points with strong emotion -- Capital letters with titles -- Part two Commas with expressions of time and place -- Indirect questions -- Apostrophes with plurals of letters and words -- Commas with transitional expressions of chronology -- Commas with dependent and independent clauses -- Semicolons with pairs of related sentences -- Semicolons, commas with transitional expressions -- Commas with appositive -- Colons with a series of items -- Commas with tag questions -- Semicolons with a series of items -- Commas between adjectives -- Commas with prepositional phrases --Double and single quotation marks -- Colons for smooth transitions -- Hyphens with divided words -- Hyphens with numbers, prefixes, compound adjectives, and compound nouns -- Parentheses with abbreviations -- Dashes in place of commas, periods, semicolons, and colons -- Ellipsis points in quotations -- Italics with titles -- Numbers spelled put and numbers as figures
Adult
Text in English
0844208175 [paperback]
97038204
English language--Punctuation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language--Punctuation--Problems, exercises, etc.