The Best Punctuation Book, Period: A Comprehensive Guide for Every Writer, Editor, Student, and Businessperson Paperback – April 15, 2014

Arrived on time and packaged well. New condition. Used for proofing edits. Easy to understand.

I love that this book starts by asking you to add punctuation to an unpunctuated paragraph. This is a great example of how a comma here, an apostrophe there, isn’t necessarily right or wrong depending on the style guide you use.Each punctuation mark has its own chapter. The rules that pertain to that punctuation mark are broken down by the four major style guides: book (CMOS), news (AP), scientific (APA), and academic (MLA). I like this format because it allows you to see the different styles in juxtaposition. You’ll find examples of correct and incorrect ways to punctuate a sentence, and a panel of editors were consulted for their punctuation preference on the more ambiguous rules.The second section is an alphabetized list of commonly confused words and is incredibly helpful when it comes to understanding whether to hyphenate, open, or close a compound word.The Best Punctuation Book is well organized, well thought out, and easy to use. Anyone who wants to improve their punctuation skills will want to add this book to their library.

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This is a great book if you want something for a quick answer. I am a writer and although I have the Chicago Manual of Style, it is a large book with a wealth of knowledge: that doesn't mean I want to use that hefty book every time I am unsure about something. So this is a convenient companion to that Bible for writers. Casagrande's rules and recommendations are based on: The Chicago Manual of Style, Associated Press Stylebook, Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, and Webster's New World College Dictionary.She defines punctuation marks, tells you how to use them, then gives examples for how they are used in book editing, news media and business writing, science, and academic styles.There is a useful Appendix with great definitions and examples covering parts of speech: clauses, phrases, sentences, and sentence fragments. A Punctuation A-Z chapter which is like an index or cheat sheet for further usage examples.Also, in case you need more evidence of how invaluable this book is, she used the help of a panel of experts. They are professional editors, copyeditors, and agents.This is a great book to add to your home library. If it had exercises at the end of each chapter, I would have given it 5stars.

Very useful, especially for explaining the different Styles. As a proofreader/copyeditor, it can be confusing jumping between Styles on different jobs. This is a great reference to keep me working in the right Style. I expect it would be useful to anyone writing pretty much anything, as so far I have not had any punctuation question for which this book did not have an answer, and the answers have been amazingly easy to find. This book is well and logically organized. Thank you, Ms. Casagrande!!!

This important little book is just the right size to carry anywhere, and provides a quick way to focus on specific examples. Doesn't need a battery or a charging cord. I can view many pages by simply marking selected pages with a sticky tab. No fee to use and paid a small price for lifetime use. No tracking from vendors or apps. What's there not to like about this little gem 😁👍

This is the first grammar book I enjoy picking up just to browse. It's full of unexpected surprises that'll brighten and clarify everyone's writing. The book breaks down each challenge into all the prevailing styles: book editing, news media and business, science, and academic style recommended for college papers and academic articles.So if you're confused about whether "half dollar" is preferable to "half-dollar," you'll see that "half dollar" has both the circled "B" (books) and "N" (news); and that "half-dollar" is the usage you'd find in "S" (science).Besides that, it's just fun.Part II is "Punctuation A-Z" and provides a board game sort of appeal that allow aficionados to test themselves and one another with playful challenges.There's hundreds of simple entries like "airhead, airheaded," and their preferred uses. Need super heroic help? Check out the spelling of "Batman," "Superman, supermen," or "superhero." And that's "for Pete's sake."And many of the listings are just like that. Uncluttered spellings and the formats for which each is preferred.The comprehensive listing also includes a salty mix of handy profanities that'll leave stuffier grammar guides huffing, "WTF?"The book belongs on every desk of every writing discipline.One quibble: It's mistitled.The book shouldn't be called, "The best punctuation book, period." It should be called, "The best punctuation book, period. Exclamation point!"