Product Information
For over a decade THE WELL TEMPERED SENTENCE has provided instruction and pleasure to the wariest student and the most punctilious scholar alike. Now Karen Elizabeth Gordon has revised and enlarged her classic handbook with fuller explanations of the rules of punctuation, additional whimsical graphics, and further character development and drama -- all the while redeeming punctuation from the perils of boredom. For anyone who has despaired of opening a punctuation handbook (but whose sentences despair without one), THE NEW WELL TEMPERED SENTENCE will teach you clearly and simply where to place a comma and how to use an apostrophe. And as you master the elusive slashes, dots, and dashes that give expression to our most perplexing thoughts, you will find yourself in the grip of a bizarre and beguiling comedy of manners. Long-time fans will delight in the further intrigues of cover girl Loona, the duke and duchess, and the mysterious Rosie and Nimrod. The New Well-Tempered Sentenceis sure to entertain while teaching you everything you want to know about punctuation. Never before has punctuation been so much fun!Product Identifiers
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-100395628830
ISBN-139780395628836
eBay Product ID (ePID)495484
Product Key Features
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameNew Well-Tempered Sentence : a Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed
Publication Year1993
SubjectWriting Skills, Grammar & Punctuation
TypeNot Available
Subject AreaRéférence, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorKaren Elizabeth Gordon
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN93-018454
Dewey Edition22
Target AudienceTrade
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal428.2
Edition DescriptionEnlarged Edition,Reprint,Revised Edition,Teacher's Edition