MAKING A POINT

The triumphant third volume in David Crystal's classic series on the English language combines the first history of English punctuat ion with a complete guide to how to use it - now in paperback.This 'engaging history of punctuation' (Wall Street Journal) is not on ly the first history of its kind, but a complete guide on how to use English punctuation.Behind every punctuation mark lies a thousa nd stories. The punctuation of English, marked with occasional rationality, is founded on arbitrariness and littered with oddities. For a sys...[Read more]