Explains the purpose and importance of punctuation and how it is used, covering apostrophes, colons, commas, exclamation points, hyphens, parentheses, slashes, and more.
Through a mixture of cartoon-style illustrations, vibrant photographs, and speech-bubble-like text boxes, readers will learn what punctuation is and how to use it correctly.
Follow a zany cast of animals on their train ride that introduces periods, commas, apostrophes, question marks, hyphens, quotation marks, and exclamation points.
Lynne Truss, a self-proclaimed stickler, presents a humorous look at the history of punctuation, discussing the use and misuse of commas, apostrophes, semi-colons, and other punctuation marks.
Explains the importance of punctuation for conveying specific meaning in a written sentence, and describes, with illustrations, how changing punctuation can drastically change the meaning of what is being communicated.
Explains the rules for using apostrophes and explains why they are necessary, presenting humorous, illustrated examples of meanings that result from incorrect apostrophe use.