ABSTRACT
In the various sections on punctuation, I have pointed out that while the skills involved may be intricate and difficult to master, they have the great advantage of being underpinned by ‘rules’—rules to which there are no exceptions and which can be trusted. Teachers, or instructional books such as this, are thus able to concentrate on the principles of punctuation, knowing that they are watertight and that once their conceptual reasoning is grasped, comfort and accuracy should usually follow.
