ABSTRACT

Punctuation Revisited is an advanced, comprehensive guide to the importance of punctuation in conveying meaning and augmenting the power of a message.

Richard Kallan provides guidance on how to structure sentences accurately and in a manner that enhances their readability and rhetorical appeal. This book discusses in fine detail not just when and how to employ specific punctuation marks, but the rationale behind them. It also notes when the major academic style manuals differ in their punctuation advice. These unique features are designed to benefit beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of standard punctuation practice.

Punctuation Revisited is a wonderful resource for students of composition and writing, an essential read for writing center tutors and faculty, as well as the perfect addition to anyone’s professional library.

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|28 pages

Commas

chapter 3|13 pages

Semicolons

chapter 4|14 pages

Colons and Dashes

chapter 5|14 pages

Apostrophes

chapter 6|13 pages

Double and Single Quotation Marks

chapter 7|16 pages

Ellipses and Slashes

chapter 8|9 pages

Parentheses and Brackets