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Poe, Edgar Allen
144
,
152
–
3
,
218

poetry
167
–
70
,
292
,
304
–
6
,
346

pointing
134

positurae
24
–
9

pound
335
–
6

Powell, Padgett
198
–
9

pragmatic approach
87
–
95
,
111
,
289
,
321
,
329
–
30
,
342
–
8
,
351
–
2

apostrophes
287
–
91

brackets
297
–
8

colons
226

commas
244
,
254

dashes
148

ellipsis dots
165

hyphens
263
–
4

Internet
175

italics
325

paragraphing
126
–
8
,
132

parentheses
301

periods
135
,
137
–
8

poetry
168
–
9

quotation marks
309
–
12
,
315

sections
118
–
19

vs dogmatic
342

Pratchett, Terry
177
,
183
–
4
,
355

prefixation
269

prescriptivism
56
,
147
,
251
,
345

Priestley, Joseph
281

printing
31
–
6
,
44
,
51
–
4
,
67
–
83

proof-readers
71
–
2

prosodic features
353

psycholinguistics
236
–
9
,
330
–
31
,
346

Punch
60
,
131
,
133
,
155
–
6
,
178
,
258
–
9
,
273
–
4
,
317
,
332

punctus admirativus
26

punctus elevatus
25

punctus interrogativus
25
–
6

punctus versus
24
–
5

puns
268

Puttenham, George
38

Q

quadpoints
339

question (in grammar)
142
,
182
,
189
–
90

question mark
188
–
99
,
349

adapted
339

early uses
46
,
51

first recorded use
37

frequency
228

in First Folio
41
–
2

inverted
43

reversed
194

vs exclamation mark
186
,
193
–
4

question-mark tavern
xi
–
xii

Quintilian
5

Quirk, Randolph
228

quotation
223
–
5

block
315

element omitted
157

typesetting
129

quotation marks
307
–
16
,
350

early uses
66
,
69
–
70
,
82
,
308
–
9

first recorded use
37

omission
92
–
3
,
129

scare
312
–
13
,
317
,
319

vs apostrophe
309
–
10

vs dash
151
,
315

vs parentheses
298
–
9

vs space
315

with paragraphs
310

quotation quadrats
37

R

Rao, Sirish
359

relative clauses
241
–
2

reverse indention
128
–
9

rhetorical questions
42
,
194

Richards, John
276

Robertson, Joseph
56
–
8
,
61

Roget, Peter Mark
187

round brackets
see
parentheses

running heads
113

S

sacred texts
13
–
14

sarcasm marks
339

Scanlon, Jesse
328
–
9

scare quotes
312
–
13
,
317
,
319

Schulz, Charles
360

Schwalbe, Will
180

scriptura continua
4
,
16

section (of a text)
115
–
16

mark
82
,
118
–
19

numerical
119
–
20

semantic approach
87
–
95
,
111
,
229
,
321
,
329
–
30
,
351
–
2

apostrophes
287
–
9

asterisks
332

colons
220
–
22

commas
230
,
241
–
8
,
250
–
51

dashes
145
–
54

ellipsis dots
165

hyphens
265
–
70

italics
325

paragraphing
125
–
6
,
132

periods
135
–
7
,
172
–
5

poetry
168
–
70

quotation marks
312
–
13

semicolons
203
–
4
,
208
–
11

text organization
111
–
22

semicolon
201
–
14

child use
114

early uses
51

first recorded use
37
–
8

frequency
228

legal importance
212

support
214
–
15

vs colon
58
–
9
,
207
,
218
,
220
–
22

vs comma
203
–
6
,
230
–
33

vs period
202
–
8

Semicolon Appreciation Society
215

semicolash
219

Senhouse, Roger
209

sense units
138
–
9

serial comma
see
comma

Shakespeare, William
38
–
43
,
49
,
90
,
153
,
177
,
216
,
261
,
280
,
290
,
299
,
308
,
324

Shaw, George Bernard
281
–
2

Sheridan, Thomas
62
–
3

Shipley, David
181

silent reading
7
,
10

Simo, Joseph
121
–
4

Sing, Sue
358

slash
27
,
35
–
6
,
332
–
4

Smallfield, George
43
,
76
–
7
,
282
,
209

smart quotes
310

smiley
see
emoticon

Smith, John
70
–
71

sociolinguistic function
346

solid setting
165
,
262
–
9

spacing

between initials
80

by children
121
–
3

in paragraphs
126
,
130
,
318

Internet
331
,
334

of ellipsis dots
163
–
5

on page
111
–
22

showing section-break
117
–
18

vs hyphen
262
–
70

vs quotation marks
315

Speckter, Martin K
186

speech marks
see
quotation marks

Spees, Kiran
359

spelling and punctuation
318
,
330

spelling reform
45
–
6
,
281
–
2

square brackets
see
brackets

standardization
29
,
34
,
276
,
290
,
292
,
328
–
30
,
347
–
8

statement (in grammar)
142
,
182

Steel, David
58
–
9
,
61
,
64
,
87
,
252

Steele, Joshua
66
,
192

Stein, Gertrude
188
–
9
,
347
,
349
–
50

Sterne, Laurence
151

Stevenson, Angus
264

stop, first recorded use
37

Stoppard, Tom
150

stories about punctuation
359

Stower, Charles
71

Strunk, William
104
,
252
–
3

stylistic varieties
91
,
346
–
7
,
355
–
6

apostrophes in
292

brackets in
296

dashes in
147
–
8

Internet
175
,
291
–
2
,
329
,
337

italics in
324

ornamental marks in
118
–
19

paragraphing in
127
–
8
,
132

periods in
171

subject/verb comma
28
,
57
–
8
,
243
,
258

suspension dots
see
ellipsis dots

Sutherland, Kathryn
97
,
100
–
102

swung dash
147
–
8

system, notion of
107
–
10
,
345
–
6
,
354
–
5

T

tag questions
189
–
90

Taylor, John
68

Taylor, William
102

teaching
351
–
61

apostrophes
282
,
290
,
292
,
345

approaches
107
–
8
,
197

commas
229
–
30
,
239
,
246

consistency
83
,
138

criticised
63

dashes
145

games
89
–
90

hyphens
261

indention
129

Internet usage
175
,
329

letter-writing
131

paragraphing
127
,
130

quotation marks
312

spacing
121
–
3

unauthentic rules
345

Teberosky, Ana
357

Tennyson, Alfred
68

testing
39
,
83
,
124
,
250

texting
171
,
173
–
4

Thomas, Dylan
169

tilde
147
–
8

Tiro
20

titles and italics
322
–
3

tolerance
342
–
8

Tomlinson, Ray
334

tone of voice
142
–
3
,
160
,
166
,
182
–
3
,
190
–
93
,
240
–
41
,
298
–
9
,
334
,
336
,
352
–
3

Tonson, Jacob
68

topic sentence
125

trigon
21

trivium
27

Truss, Lynne
xiii
,
83
,
329
,
342
,
347

Twain, Mark
68
,
74
,
80
,
87
,
137
,
177
,
184
,
267
,
343
–
4

Twitter
162
,
331
,
335

typewriting
147
,
179
,
319
–
20

poetry
200

Typo Eradication Advancement League
275
–
6

typography
see
graphic design

typo hunt
275
–
6
,
290

U

Udall, Nicolas
47
–
8

Ulysses
93
,
94
,
151
,
253
,
315

underbar
334

underlining
132
,
319
–
20
,
326

Undley bracteate
6
,
9

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