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Lapsing Into a Comma: A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--and How to Avoid ThemNo writer's or editor's desk is complete without a battered, page bent copy of the AP Stylebook. However, this not so easy to use reference of journalistic style is often not up to date and leaves reporters and copyeditors unsatisfied. Bill Walsh, copy chief for the Washington Post's business desk, addresses these shortcomings in Lapsing into a Comma. In an opinionated, humorous, and yes, curmudgeonly way, he shows how to apply the basic rules to
No writer's or editor's desk is complete without a battered, page-bent copy of the AP Stylebook. However, this not-so-easy-to-use reference of journalistic style is often not up-to-date and leaves reporters and copyeditors unsatisfied. Bill Walsh, copy chief for the Washington Post's business desk, addresses these shortcomings in Lapsing into a Comma. In an opinionated, humorous, and yes, curmudgeonly way, he shows how to apply the basic rules to unique, modern grammar issues. Walsh explains how to deal with perplexing situations such as trendy words, foreign terms, and web speak.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Published: 05/22/2000
ISBN: 9780809225354
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.62h x 5.60w x 0.76d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/14/2000 pg. 346
Library Journal 09/15/2000 pg. 62
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2001 pg. 429
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