Bibliography

To make a definite statement of bibliographical sources for this guide would be impossible, for it represents a synthesis of materials compiled during several years. I am obviously in debt to:

1. Axelrod, Rise B. and Cooper, Charles R. The St. Martin's Guide to Writing. - 3^rd edition. - New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. - 710 p.

2. Compton, Carol. Improving Composition Through a Sentence Study of Grammar and Usage. - 7^th printing. - Cambridge and Toronto: Educators Publishing Service, Inc. - 1987. - 185 p.

3. Fowler, H. Ramsey and Aaron, Jane E. The Little, Brown Handbook. - 5^th edition. - New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992. - 824 p.

4. Heffernan, James A. W. and Lincoln, John E. Writing: A College Handbook.

- 4^th edition. - New York, London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1994. - 773 p.

5. Kierzek, John M. and Gibson, Walker. The Macmillan Handbook of English.

- 5^th edition. - N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1964. - 490 p.

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- 9^th edition. - Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992. - 508 p.

Contents

Preface 3

Chapter 1. Punctuation 4

1. End Marks 4

2. The Comma 7

3. The Semicolon 18

4. The Colon 20

5. The Apostrophe 22

6. The Dash 25

7. Parentheses 27

8. Brackets 29

9. The Slash 31

10. Ellipsis Marks 32

11. Quotations and Quoting 34

Chapter 2. Mechanics 39

1. Hyphenation and Word Division 39

2. Capitals , 42

3. Abbreviations 47

4. Numbers 52

5. Underlining for Italics. Titles 55

Appendix. Common Revision Symbols 60

Bibliography 61

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