Stops; Or How To Punctuate by Paul Allardyce (PDF ebook) – Today’s resource is this fine, concise guide to proper punctuation, originally published in 1895 but just as applicable today as ever.
From the introduction:
“Punctuation is a device for marking out the arrangement of a writer’s ideas. Reading is thereby made easier than it otherwise would be. A writer’s ideas are expressed by a number of words arranged in groups, the words in one group being more closely connected with one another than they are with those in the next group. An example will show this grouping in its simplest form: He never convinces the reason, or fills the imagination, or touches the heart. To understand what is written, the reader must group the words together in the way intended by the writer; and in doing this he can receive assistance in various ways. Partly by the inflection of the words; partly by their arrangement; partly also by punctuation….”
Excellent reference to have on hand any time you have a punctuation question!
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