{"product_id":"making-a-point-the-persnickety-story-of-english-punctuation","title":"Making a Point: The Persnickety Story of English Punctuation","description":"The triumphant concluding volume in David Crystal's classic trilogy on the English language combines the first history of English punctuation with a complete guide on how to use it.\n\nBehind every punctuation mark lies a thousand stories. The punctuation of English, marked with occasional rationality, is founded on arbitrariness and littered with oddities. For a system of a few dozen marks it generates a disproportionate degree of uncertainty and passion, inspiring organizations like the Apostrophe Protection Society and sending enthusiasts, correction-pens in hand, in a crusade against error across the United States.\n\nProfessor Crystal leads us through this minefield with characteristic wit, clarity, and commonsense. In Making a Point, he gives a fascinating account of the origin and progress of every kind of punctuation mark over one and a half millennia and offers sound advice on how punctuation may be used to meet the needs of every occasion and context.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1250060419\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: PKV.1250060419.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Crystal, David\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteed—but the story's all there!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aspen Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52521116926239,"sku":"PKV.1250060419.G","price":2.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0894\/0470\/3007\/files\/1250060419-0.jpg?v=1778173369","url":"https:\/\/www.aspenbookco.com\/products\/making-a-point-the-persnickety-story-of-english-punctuation","provider":"Aspen Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}