Lapsing into a comma : a curmudgeon's guide to the many things that can go wrong in print--and how t...
Lapsing into a comma : a curmudgeon's guide to the many things that can go wrong in print--and how t...
Lapsing into a comma : a curmudgeon's guide to the many things that can go wrong in print--and how to avoid them / Bill Walsh.
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Lincolnwood (Chicago), Ill. : Contemporary Books, c2000.
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N808.027/17
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English
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Physical content
x, 246 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Beyond Search and Replace: Using Your Head as Well as Your Stylebook -- 2. You Could Look It Up!: How to Use a Dictionary With Style -- 3. Holding the (Virtual) Fort: Disturbing Trends in the Information Age -- 4. Literally Speaking: Write What You Mean, Mean What You Write -- 5. Giving 110 Perce...
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Publisher
Lincolnwood (Chicago), Ill. : Contemporary Books, c2000.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
c2000.
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"Whether you're editing your own writing or someone else's, you will find Lapsing Into a Comma an invaluable and entertaining resource. Part commentary, part stylebook, it addresses not only the usual usage topics (split infinitives, that vs. which and a historic vs. an historic) but also some issues too new or obscure to be found in the traditiona...
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Lapsing into a comma : a curmudgeon's guide to the many things that can go wrong in print--and how to avoid them / Bill Walsh.
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Includes index.
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c2000.
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N808.027/17
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74VvNlRRl75O
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0809225352
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808.027
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991013086439702626
