Collins Improve Your Punctuation

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The plain guide to the clear presentation of written language: punctuation is the 'nuts and bolts' of the English language, and here is the ideal everyday companion. Punctuation has been described as 'a courtesy designed to help readers understand a story without stumbling'. Included in this essential guide are: 'Ten Golden Rules of Punctuation' by a Victorian schoolmistress; how to deal with capitalization, full stops and commas; mastery of colons, parentheses, dashes, hyphens, questions, exclamations and apostrophes; the ultimate punctuation test; and, witty cartoons by Hunt Emerson