Punctuation at work : simple principles for achieving clarity and good style

Punctuation at work : simple principles for achieving clarity and good style / Richard Lauchman.

Proper punctuation isn't just for school teachers--it's for anyone in the workplace who wants to communicate professionally ... and clearly!

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lauchman, Richard
Corporate Author:	American Management Association
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : American Management Association, ©2010.
Subjects:	English language > Punctuation. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation. English language > Punctuation
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

Punctuation can't rescue sense from nonsense
The main reason to punctuate is to clarify your intent
One of punctuation's tasks is to supply the various signals given by the voice
In workplace writing, a sentence should yield its meaning instantly
Punctuation should be invisible
Punctuation follows the arrangement of words
Punctuation indicates how ideas relate
Punctuation suggests how much emphasis an idea deserves
Punctuation slows the reading
Don't count too much on context to make your meaning plain
Know the difference between restrictive and non-restrictive expressions
Respect the distinction between that and which
When is punctuation optional?
Use the serial comma
When do I separate adjectives with a comma?
Use the hyphen to clarify "improvised usage"
Sometimes, no matter how you punctuate, a reader is going to think it's wrong
Feed your head
When you see an odd usage, consider the source
Apostrophe
Brackets
Colon
Comma
Dash
Ellipsis
Hyphen
Parentheses
Period
Question mark
Quotation marks
Semicolon
Slash
Punctuating common sentence structures.