LEADER 00000cam a2200277 a 4500 001 15903299 005 20160620124154.0 008 090911s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 2009037753 020 9780814414941 (pbk.) 020 081441494X 035 (OCoLC)ocn351269593 040 DLC|cDLC|dBTCTA|dYDXCP|dC#P|dBWX|dHNW|dVP@|dDLC 050 00 PE1450|b.L36 2010 100 1 Lauchman, Richard. 245 10 Punctuation at work :|bsimple principles for achieving clarity and good style /|cRichard Lauchman. 260 New York :|bAmerican Management Association,|cc2010. 300 202 p. ;|c23 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Punctuation can't rescue sense from nonsense -- The main reason to punctuate is to clarify your intent -- One of punctuation's tasks is to supply the various signals given by the voice -- In workplace writing, a sentence should yield its meaning instantly -- Punctuation should be invisible -- Punctuation follows the arrangement of words -- Punctuation indicates how ideas relate -- Punctuation suggests how much emphasis an idea deserves -- Punctuation slows the reading -- Don't count too much on context to make your meaning plain -- Know the difference between restrictive and non-restrictive expressions -- Respect the distinction between that and which -- When is punctuation optional? -- Use the serial comma -- When do I separate adjectives with a comma? -- Use the hyphen to clarify "improvised usage" -- Sometimes, no matter how you punctuate, a reader is going to think it's wrong -- Feed your head -- When you see an odd usage, consider the source -- Apostrophe -- Brackets -- Colon -- Comma -- Dash -- Ellipsis -- Hyphen -- Parentheses -- Period -- Question mark -- Quotation marks -- Semicolon -- Slash -- Punctuating common sentence structures. 650 0 English language|xPunctuation. 710 2 American Management Association.
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