Semicolon : the past, present, and future of a misunderstood mark / Cecelia Watson.
Material type:
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780062853059
- 9780062853066
- 9780062917935
- 9780062917942
- PE1450 .W38 2019
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | PE1450 .W38 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30020000055480 | ||
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | PE1450 .W38 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | C.2 | Available | 30020000055481 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: love, hate, and semicolons -- Deep history: the birth of the semicolon -- The science of semicolons: American grammar wars -- Sexy semicolons -- Loose women and liquor laws: the semicolon wreaks havoc in Boston -- The minutiae of mercy -- Carving semicolons in stone -- Semicolon savants -- Persuasion and pretension: are semicolons for snobs? -- Conclusion: against the rules?.