数量xiii, 378 pages : ; 22 cm
一般注記In the beginning ... -- ... was diversity -- To point, or not to point? -- No question: we need it -- The first printer -- A messy situation -- Breath, blood, and spirits -- Grammar rules -- The printer's dilemma -- Passing the buck -- The way forward: meanings and effects -- Interfering with Jane Austen -- Is there a punctuation system? -- Starting at the top -- Paragraph preferences -- Periods, period. -- Devilish dashes -- Ellipsis dots or ... -- The value of nothing -- Exclamation marks!! -- Next, question marks? -- Semicolons; or not -- Colons: the chapter -- Commas, the big picture -- Commas, the small picture -- Commas, the serial killer -- Hy-phens -- Apostrophes: the past -- Apostrophes: the present (and future) -- Marks of inclusion (or exclusion): round brackets -- Marks of inclusion: 'quotation marks' -- Graphics and italics -- Punctuating the internet -- Pragmatic tolerance.