The Associated Press Guide to Punctuation | 
 enlarge | Creator: Rene J. Cappon
Publisher: Basic Books
Category: Book
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Pages: 112
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Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 0738207853
Dewey Decimal Number: 428.2
EAN: 9780738207858
ASIN: 0738207853
Publication Date: January 2003
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Product Description
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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Informative September 16, 2008
If your in a rush to write an article, this book will help you out.
 Extremely helpful December 12, 2007
Any writer should have this at their desk at all times. This book made me more comfortable with the semicolon.
The gold standard July 26, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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 reference January 11, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
 Full of mistakes March 3, 2005
31 out of 34 found this review helpful
It appears that some fool edited the cautionary examples for correctness. (p. 34) The grammar is poor ("verboten" as a noun? (p. 85)), and the usage is non-standard (Commas are "trundled out"? (p.37)). Some passages are self-contradictory ("With Adjectives, p. 37).
This book is not a total disaster, but I can hardly recommend it.
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