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The Associated Press Guide to Punctuation

The Associated Press Guide to Punctuation
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More people write for the Associated Press than for any other news service, and more writers take their style and word-usage cues from this world-famous institution than from any other journalism source. In the no-nonsense, authoritative tradition of the best-selling AP Stylebook, the top editors at the AP have now written the definitive guide to punctuation. From the when and how of the ampersand to the rules for dashes, slashes, and brackets; from the correct moment for the overused exclamation point to the rules of engagement for the semicolon, The AP Guide to Punctuation is an invaluable and easy-to-use guide to the most important aspect of clear and persuasive writing.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #8489 in Books
  • Published on: 2003-01
  • Released on: 2003-01-07
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 112 pages

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Book Info
From the editors at the world-renowned Associated Press, a guide to the proper use of punctuation-from the apostrophe to the semicolon. An invaluable and easy to use guide to the most important aspect of clear and persuasive writing. Softcover.

About the Author
Jack Cappon has served as the AP Newsfeatures editor, the AP Managing Editor, and as the AP General News Editor. He is the author of The AP Guide to Newswriting, a well-worn and oft-referred-to primer for journalists on all rungs of the media ladder.

Customer Reviews

Extremely helpful 5
Any writer should have this at their desk at all times. This book made me more comfortable with the semicolon.

The gold standard5
For journalists, the AP style guides are pretty much the gold standard (or silver, depending on your economic policy leanings). With so much terrible grammar and punctuation, and often lack of punctuation, present in today's world, this is a must-have for aspiring writers, especially journalists.

Decent reference4
There's no mystery here, and it's not intended to be a grammatically pristene work of art. It is, after all, a 96-page reference manual. If you are used to writing/editing literary and academic styles and need to refresh your memory on the punctuation variables in journalistic writing, this is an easy point-to reference that won't take up any more of your precious time than absolutely necessary.