You have a point there: A guide to punctuation and its allies

by Eric Partridge

Physical description; x, 230 pages ; (8º). Subject; English language — Punctuation.

Genres: Writing, Language, Nonfiction, Reference

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1953

Reviews

[Joe Reddington · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five stars mostly for the joy are reading something 70 years old that is wonderfully ranty.

Unhelpfully ranty is, like, 90% of the appeal. The punctuation rules are now obviously dated (but fascinating to put other work in context), and he doesn’t explain them particularly clearly.

The joy of it is in the rants. Furiously opinionated but in a wonderfully written way.

[Roderick Gladwish Gladwish · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brief efficient, a little arcane; it makes a person think about their writing. That has to be a good thing.

[Leslie ABC · Rating 4 out of 5]

LABC: review the way he separates out by function to make sure all kinds are encompassed by syntactical/elliptical/conjunctive.