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  1. Punctuation matters
    advice on punctucation for scientific and technical writing
    Published: 2006
    Publisher:  Routledge, London

    The indispensable guide to all points of punctuation and presentation for computing, engineering, medical and scientific writers who need to express complex ideas succinctly and accurately more

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
    Online-Ressource
    No inter-library loan

     

    The indispensable guide to all points of punctuation and presentation for computing, engineering, medical and scientific writers who need to express complex ideas succinctly and accurately

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0415399815; 0415399823; 9780415399814; 9780415399821
    Edition: 4th ed
    Series: Routledge Study Guides
    Subjects: Punctuation; Technical writing
    Scope: Online-Ressource (xii, 145 p)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    Book Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Conventions used in this book; About the author; Part 1: Policy; Part 2: Guidelines; 1. Apostrophe ('); 2. Capital Letters; 3. Colon (:); 4. Comma (,); 5. Dash: em rule ( - ) and en rule (-); 6. Ellipsis Points (...); 7. Exclamation mark ( ! ); 8. Full Stop ( . ); 9. Hyphen ( - ); 10. Inverted Commas (or Quotation Marks): Single (' ') or Double (" "); 11. Parentheses (or Brackets) (); 12. Question Mark (?); 13. Semi-Colon ( ; ); 14. Slash ( / ); 15. Underlining ( _ )

    16. Variations in Printing: Bold Type (as this heading) and Italic Type (italics)Part 3: Appendices; Appendix 1: Paragraphing; Appendix 2: Word-Division; Appendix 3: Differences in Punctuation in American English and British English; Conventions; Notes on the Differences in Punctuation in American English and British English; Bibliography; Index

  2. Punctuation matters
    advice on punctucation for scientific and technical writing
    Published: 2006
    Publisher:  Routledge, London [u.a.]

    :"A guide that lays out the rules of punctuation in an accessible 'dip-into' resource with a wide range of real examples from computing, engineering, medical and scientific contexts. This book also covers paragraphing, formatting lists, word division... more

    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
    2006 A 13056
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
    Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
    47 A 2964
    No loan of volumes, only paper copies will be sent

     

    :"A guide that lays out the rules of punctuation in an accessible 'dip-into' resource with a wide range of real examples from computing, engineering, medical and scientific contexts. This book also covers paragraphing, formatting lists, word division and how punctuation conventions differ between US and UK scientific and technical writing."--Provided by publisher

     

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    Content information
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 0415399815; 0415399823; 9780415399814; 9780415399821
    Other identifier:
    9780415399821
    2006005422
    Edition: 4th ed
    Subjects: Technical writing; Punctuation; Technical writing; Punctuation
    Scope: XII, 145 S
    Notes:

    Originally publ.: Ramsbury Books, 1989

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    pt. 1. PolicyDifficulties caused by lack of punctuation -- The jobs done by punctuation marks -- The relation of punctuation to intonation and stress -- Is 'open' or 'light' punctuation enough? -- How punctuation helps reading -- Reducing uncertainty by punctuating carefully -- Absence of punctuation may damage your credibility -- Redundancy as helpful reinforcement -- The lazy writer's evasion of responsibility -- pt. 2. Guidelines -- 1. Apostrophe -- 2. Capital letters -- 3. Colon -- 4. Comma -- 5. Dash (em rule and en rule) -- 6. Ellipsis points -- 7. Exclamation mark -- 8. Full stop -- 9. Hyphen -- 10. Inverted commas (or quotation marks) -- 11. Parentheses (or brackets) -- 12. Question mark -- 13. Semi-colon -- 14. Slash -- 15. Underlining -- 16. Variations in printing : bold type and italic type -- pt. 3. Appendices -- App. 1. Paragraphing -- App. 2. Word-division -- App. 3. Differences in punctuation in American English and British English.