The Associated Press Guide to Punctuation

by Cappon, Rene J.

• ISBN13: 9780738207858
• ISBN10: 0738207853
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-07
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Jack Cappon has served as the AP Newsfeatures editor, the AP Managing Editor, and as the AP General News Editor. He is the author of The AP Guide to Newswriting, a well-worn and oft-referred-to primer for journalists on all rungs of the media ladder.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Ampersand	p. 7
The Apostrophe	p. 9
Brackets	p. 19
Capitalization	p. 21
The Colon	p. 27
The Comma	p. 33
The Dash	p. 51
The Ellipsis	p. 55
The Exclamation Point	p. 59
The Hyphen	p. 63
Parentheses	p. 71
The Period	p. 75
The Question Mark	p. 79
Quotation Marks	p. 83
The Semicolon	p. 91
The Slash	p. 95
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