The Best Punctuation Book, Period (Revised Edition)

The Best Punctuation Book, Period (Revised Edition)

A Comprehensive Guide for Every Writer, Editor, Student, and Businessperson

About the Book

This newly revised and updated all-in-one grammar reference is a quick and easy way to look up sticky punctuation questions for all style manuals 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 college essays, magazine and news articles, sales copy, online newsletters, books, and reports. It's hard to keep the punctuation style rules for each one straight--until now. This comprehensive reference from grammar guru June Casagrande is organized by punctuation type to give writers quick answers no matter what style of project they're drafting.

The Best Punctuation Book, Period, Revised Edition provides clear, up-to-date answers to common questions about hyphenation, commas, apostrophes, numbers, and more; a Punctuation A to Z section addressing frequently confused terms in one master list; handy visual markers for usage rules; and rulings from an expert Punctuation Panel on gray areas. With this uniquely comprehensive resource in hand, writers will be able to craft polished prose in a flash.
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About the Author

June Casagrande
JUNE CASAGRANDE is a veteran journalist and syndicated columnist. She is the author of Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies and Mortal Syntax (Penguin). She is a former Los Angeles Times staff reporter, and her “A Word, Please” grammar column currently appears in several community news sections. She has also studied improvisational comedy with renowned troupes the Groundlings and ComedySportz. More by June Casagrande
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