punctuation

A lighthearted primer on the fundamentals of American-language punctuation devotes a series of chapters to each of the major punctuation marks.

A guide to English grammar and punctuation clarifies the fundamental rules of language usage and provides helpful examples of how to use them correctly.

Explains how to use the standard marks of punctuation to express one's thoughts precisely, in clear and effective sentences.

Details the proper rules of punctuation and provides exercises for hyphens, dashes, colons, semicolons, apostrophes, parentheses, and other forms of punctuation.

Lynne Truss, a self-proclaimed stickler, presents a humorous look at the history of punctuation, discussing the use and misuse of commas, apostrophes, semi-colons, and other punctuation marks.

An exclamation mark, who does not look like the periods around him, learns to embrace what makes him stand out.

A guide to the rules of grammar and punctuation, with coverage of confusing words and homonyms, capitalization, and written numbers, providing examples of proper usage, and including a pretest and mastery test, quizzes, and answer keys.

An illustrated guide to the basics of English grammar that introduces punctuation marks with representing characters, including the unassuming Semicolon, the loud-mouthed Exclamation Point, the Comma Cops, and others. Includes a poster.

Follow along with the Wordswork team as they learn all about the rules of punctuation and use their knowledge to turn a nonsensical mystery message into a perfectly understandable letter.

This book shows how a question mark can ask for directions, can ask how someone feels, can ask for help, and can replace a period at the end of a sentence that asks a question.