Semicolon: How a misunderstood punctuation mark can improve your writing, enrich your reading and even change your life. Cecelia Watson
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Copyright

      For my parents,

      who made sure I always had enough to read

      Punctuation is a gentle and unobtrusive art that has long been one of the misfortunes of man. For about three hundred years it has been harassing him, and bewildering him with its quiet contrariness, and no amount of usage seems to make him grow in familiarity with the art.

      ‘Power of Points: Punctuation That Upset Work of Solons’, Boston Daily Globe, 20 January 1901

      Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4  Dedication

      5  Epigraph

      6  Contents

      7  Introduction: Love, Hate and Semicolons

      8  I: Deep History

      9  II: The Science of Semicolons

      10  III: Sexy Semicolons

      11  IV: Loose Women and Liquor Laws

      12  V: The Minutiae of Mercy

      13  VI: Carving Semicolons in Stone

      14  VII: Semicolon Savants

      15  VIII: Persuasion and Pretension

      16  Conclusion: Against the Rules?

      17  Acknowledgements

      18  Notes

      19  Index

      20  About the Author

      21  About the Publisher

      LandmarksCoverFrontmatterStart of ContentBackmatter

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