Book on punctuation

[Dearelliot]

Looking for book just on punctuation, any suggestions?

 

[OtherwisePrint6210]

Strunk and White , Elements of style.

 

[drusus]

Eats, shoots & leaves by Lynne Truss

 

[twister947]

The Chicago Manual of Style

 

[jehoram]

"Dreyer's English" by Benjamin Dreyer. Authoritative and very funny as well.

 

[12oclocktales]

I second Strunk and White, Elements of Style. It's pocket sized and a classic, no bullshit. Helpful for all types of writers. I own it.

I agree. Best book ever on usage and grammar. Had a high school English teacher who insisted everyone in the class have a copy, that it would be our Bible. Still is for me when it comes to writing.

 

[Athalia]

"Dreyer's English" by Benjamin Dreyer. Authoritative and very funny as well.

You beat me to it. Every writer should have a copy, just to remind themselves that some things shouldn't be taken too seriously.

 

[MNGuy]

I have Elements of Style and The Chicago Manual of Style at my writing desk. I'm going to check out Dreyer's English.

I also have this posted:

Don't use no double negatives.
Make each pronoun agree with their antecedent.
Join clauses good, like a conjunction should.
About them sentence fragments.
When dangling, watch them participles.
Verbs has to agree their subjects.
Just between you and I, case is important too.
Don't write run-on sentences they are hard to read.
Don't use commas, which aren't necessary.
Try to not ever split infinitives.
Its important to use your apostrophe's correctly.
Proofread your writing to see if you any words left out.
Correct spelling is absoluteley essential.
Don't abbr.
You've heard it a million times: avoid hyperbole.

 

[jehoram]

Avoid cliches like the plague.

 

[svengali_decL]

I have Elements of Style and The Chicago Manual of Style at my writing desk. I'm going to check out Dreyer's English.

I also have this posted:

Don't use no double negatives.
Make each pronoun agree with their antecedent.

You've heard it a million times: avoid hyperbole.

Who doesn't... ?

 

[Athalia]

I do like the Elements of Style, but am acutely aware that it describes the rules of the language as they existed in the first half of the twentieth century, and many of those rules have been relaxed. "They" is a perfectly suitable substitute for "she" or "he," and nobody seems to care now if infinitives are split. So like most prescriptive writings, the book ages with time. That's why I like Dreyer's book better.

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

Pen & Quill The Air Force Field manual of writing.

 

[jehoram]

Pen & Quill The Air Force Field manual of writing.

An interesting title, considering that it might better be "Pencil and Keyboard" since most of my writing is using those implements.

 

[magicalmoments]

I remember learning this stuff at school.