Stalking the Wild Semicolon: An Easy Guide to Punctuation
Myatt, William. Thresh Publications, 1976.
It seems almost silly for me to review a slim 50-page book (with half of those being blank!) after not having posted on my book blog for so long. Makes it seem like I don't read much at all. Actually, I have been reading, but I just haven't been able to finish any books - got about 5 or 6 hjalfway through or started . . .
oh well, this little book, then. It's actually a very very good starter for punctuation, even if it is decades out of date (I mean, let's face it - it states to hit the "dash" key twice on your typewriter to make a hyphen!)
Still, it's very entertaining, easy to read, and it even contains in the back a series of rejection letters, each with a suggestion to try to the succeeding publisher, until he finally found the Thresh publications, which would possibly at the time have been considered a cut above the "small press" publications -
Man, books like these actually are true jewels . . . something made from the sheer joy of making it, and a decent product as well. I would highly recommend this book (or that this book be updated) into a text where punctuation could be taught for adult literacy courses.
See? Still has a need. All you young'uns out there take note, even "old" things can still be useful!
TTFN
VG
It seems almost silly for me to review a slim 50-page book (with half of those being blank!) after not having posted on my book blog for so long. Makes it seem like I don't read much at all. Actually, I have been reading, but I just haven't been able to finish any books - got about 5 or 6 hjalfway through or started . . .
oh well, this little book, then. It's actually a very very good starter for punctuation, even if it is decades out of date (I mean, let's face it - it states to hit the "dash" key twice on your typewriter to make a hyphen!)
Still, it's very entertaining, easy to read, and it even contains in the back a series of rejection letters, each with a suggestion to try to the succeeding publisher, until he finally found the Thresh publications, which would possibly at the time have been considered a cut above the "small press" publications -
Man, books like these actually are true jewels . . . something made from the sheer joy of making it, and a decent product as well. I would highly recommend this book (or that this book be updated) into a text where punctuation could be taught for adult literacy courses.
See? Still has a need. All you young'uns out there take note, even "old" things can still be useful!
TTFN
VG
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