This Is Me, Period.

"The elements of style like you've never seen them before. Explore the personalities of the punctuation marks we use every day with this bold, typographic journey through grammar. Each chapter in This is Me, Period introduces one of the major pieces of punctuation and all of its idiosyncracies, including: the dashing em dash--; so-called 'quotation marks'; the colon: and on and on; the shouty exclamation!; the three dots of ...; (don't forget the brackets); and even more. As charming as it is educational, This is Me, Period helps you understand sentence structure in a novel way that keeps you turning the pages for more"-- "A bold, black-and-white typographic journey from beginning to end, This is Me, Period is a beautiful gift book that explores the idiosyncrasies of punctuation through a playful freeform poem. Every page explores approachable rules, history, and helpful reminders--allowing readers to re-examine the essential elements of writing. Writer Philip Cowell and award-winning designer Caz Hildebrand share the pleasures and philosophy of punctuation as told by the marks themselves. For instance, the exclamation point claims the status of 'the selfie of grammar' and the apostrophe admits that it loves cutting corners. The em dash tells us, 'Don't confuse me with the hyphen. He's the little guy that keeps things together. I'm the disrupter--it's your toes I want to keep you on.' Each chapter deals with personality of one of the major pieces of punctuation--from the period to the question mark to the trailing off of the ellipsis"--

Year

2017

Language

English

Publisher

Clarkson Potter

Editions

1

Pages

160

ISBN

9780525573555

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