Punctuation at Work: Simple Principles for Achieving Clarity and Good Style

Punctuation at Work: Simple Principles for Achieving Clarity and Good Style

by RichardLauchman (Author)

Synopsis

Good punctuation is more than just a matter of courtesy: in workplace writing, a sentence should yield its meaning instantly. But when punctuation is haphazard, readers need to work to understand or guess at the writer's intent. Punctuation at Work provides readers with 18 common sense principles to live by, helping them to avoid time-wasting confusion, questions about professionalism and sometimes even serious and costly miscommunication. From hyphens and semicolons to brackets and quotation marks...all the way to ellipses (and the eternal struggle between 'that' and 'which'), this book shows readers how to use correct punctuation to make meaning clear and emphasize their most important ideas.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 210
Publisher: Amacom
Published: 17 Feb 2010

ISBN 10: 081441494X
ISBN 13: 9780814414941

Media Reviews
The book made me laugh out loud a number of times - something I thought impossible for a book about punctuation. Launchman employs powerful examples that make proper punctuation easy to understand and to put into practice. -- About.com Online Business/ Hosting
Author Bio
Richard Lauchman through his company The Lauchman Group, has been training professionals, in the area of writing, for over 25 years.