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Lapsing Into a Comma: A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--and How to Avoid Them Paperback - 2000

by Bill Walsh

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In an opinionated, humorous, curmudgeonly way, the copy chief for the "Washington Post's" business desk goes beyond the "AP Stylebook" to apply the basic rules to unique, modern grammar issues. Walsh explains how to deal with perplexing situations such as trendy words, foreign terms, and Web speak.

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No writer's or editor's desk is complete without a battered, page-bent copy of the AP Stylebook. However, this not-so-easy-to-use reference of journalistic style is often not up-to-date and leaves reporters and copyeditors unsatisfied. Bill Walsh, copy chief for the Washington Post's business desk, addresses these shortcomings in Lapsing into a Comma. In an opinionated, humorous, and yes, curmudgeonly way, he shows how to apply the basic rules to unique, modern grammar issues. Walsh explains how to deal with perplexing situations such as trendy words, foreign terms, and web speak.

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  • Title Lapsing Into a Comma: A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--and How to Avoid Them
  • Author Bill Walsh
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McGraw-Hill Companies, Chicago
  • Publication date 2000-05-22
  • Features Index
  • ISBN 9780809225354 / 0809225352
  • Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.62 x 5.6 x 0.76 in (21.89 x 14.22 x 1.93 cm)
  • Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
  • Library of Congress subjects Authorship, Editing
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 99053468
  • Dewey Decimal Code 808.027

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Citations

  • American Reference Bks Annual, 01/01/2001, Page 429
  • Library Journal, 09/15/2000, Page 62
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/14/2000, Page 346

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Bill Walsh is the copy chief for the Washington Post's business desk. He also runs a website, www.theslot.com, where he answers questions about style and grammar.

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