Del Norte Public Library

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

"'Punctuation for writers' will teach you: how to wield punctuation as a tool and use it to achieve a particular effect in the reader; a set of usage guidelines that fit most writing scenarios; the different uses of punctuation in prose, dialogue, and poetry; [and] how and why all readers must react in a given way to each punctuation mark, and what that means to you as a writer." -- p. 11.

"This all-in-one reference is a quick and easy way for book, magazine, online, academic, and business writers to look up sticky punctuation questions for all styles including AP (Associated Press), MLA (Modern Language Association), APA (American Psychological Association), and Chicago Manual of Style. These days, writers wear many different hats: they write magazine and news articles, sales copy, online newsletters, books, and reports. It's hard...