Eugene Ehrlich, Ph.D., (Mamaroneck, NY) is professor emeritus of English Literature at Columbia University and
has been a commentator for National Public Radio.
Summary
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the quality of your written assignments in any course! 110 answered exercises that include 1,311 items of punctuation,capitalization,and
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spelling,this powerful study tool is the best tutor you can have! Chapters include: The Period,the Question Mark,and
the Exclamation Point. The Comma.TheSemicolon and the Colon. Parentheses and Brackets. Quotation Marks. The Dash
and the Hyphen. The Apostrophe. Italics and Ellipsis. Capitalization. Spelling. Punctuation of Footnotes,Bibliographies,and
Letters Plus: Answers. Index.
Table of Contents
The Period, the Question Mark, and the Exclamation Point
The Comma
The Semicolon and the Colon
Parentheses and Brackets
Quotation Marks
The Dash and the Hyphen
The Apostrophe
Italics and Ellipsis
Capitalization
Spelling
Punctuation of Footnotes, Bibliographies, and Letters
