The plain guide to the clear presentation of written language: punctuation is the ‘nuts and bolts’ of the English language, and here is the ideal everyday companion. Punctuation has been described as ‘a courtesy designed to help readers understand a story without stumbling’. Included in this essential guide are:

• ‘Ten Golden Rules of Punctuation’ by a Victorian schoolmistress
• how to deal with capitalization, full stops and commas
• mastery of colons, parentheses, dashes, hyphens, questions, exclamations and apostrophes
• the ultimate punctuation test
• witty cartoons by Hunt Emerson