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Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks - Keith Houston
Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks
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Keith Houston,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Keith Houston,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780393064421 (0393064425)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
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Irresponsible Reader
Irresponsible Reader rated it
3.0 This geeky look at symbols and punctuation is as informative as it is fun.
text This geeky look at symbols and punctuation is as informative as it is fun.
When the quotation mark does succeed in sparking debate, it attracts mild tut-tutting rather than genuine outrage. Though there is transatlantic disagreement over whether to enclose speech in ‘single’ or “double” quotes, for instance, it comes nowhere near the level of hand-wringing inspired by the ...
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