The New Well-Tempered Sentence: a punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager; and the Doomed by Karen Elizabeth Gordon - Textbook - Hardcover - Revised Edition - 1993 - from Dragon's Head Books and Gifts and Biblio.com

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The mysteries of colons and semicolons are uncovered in this inventive guide that is populated with a wacky cast of characters that manage to make the rules of punctuation seem simple and fun.

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"[I]ndispensable....[Gordon] promenades through confusing terrain with a serious eye for clarity. If you pay attention, you will write better sentences."

The New Well-Tempered Sentence: a punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager; and the Doomed

by Karen Elizabeth Gordon

Revised Edition

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Book description: Boston, Massachussetts: Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1993 148 pages. Green covers with red cloth spine show tiny bumping to bottom outside corner, otherwise as new. Tan and green pictoral dust jacket shows mild edgewear. "However frenzied, disarrayed, or complicated your thoughts might be, punctuation tempers them. We rarely give these symbols a second glance: they're like invisible servants in fairy tales...". Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bookseller: Dragon's Head Books and Gifts (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 200323
Format/binding: Hardcover
Book condition: Fine
Jacket condition: Near Fine
Edition: Revised Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0395628830
ISBN 13: 9780395628836
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin Company
Place: Boston, Massachussetts
Date published: 1993
Pages: 148
Size: 6.5 x 8.25 x 0.75 inches
Weight: 0.8 pounds
Keywords: English Grammar; English Punctuation; Writing, Grammar;
Subjects: REFERENCE / Writing Skills;

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