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Punctuation Matters: Advice on Punctuation for Scientific and Technical Writing (Routledge Study Guides) by John Kirkman, (Alfred John) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Punctuation Matters gives straight answers to the queries raised most frequently by practitioners in computing, engineering, medicine and science as they grapple with day-to-day tasks in writing and editing. The advice it offers is based on John Kirkman’s long experience of providing courses on writing and editing in academic centres, large companies, research organisations and government departments in the UK, Europe and in USA. Sample material discussed in the book comes from real documents from computing, engineering and scientific contexts, giving the guidelines an immediately recognisable, ‘true to life’ relevance. The advice is down-to-earth and up-to-date. It is clearly set out in three parts: part one states a policy for clear and reliable punctuation part two gives a series of alphabetically arranged guidelines, to be ‘dipped into’ for guidance on how to use the main punctuation marks in English part three contains appendices on paragraphing, word-division and how conventions of punctuation differ in the UK and the USA. Punctuation Matters is the essential guide for everyone who has to write in scientific, technical and medical contexts, with clear explanations on

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Author

John Kirkman, (Alfred John)

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781134148028

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Education, Literary Fiction, Technology

Rating

4 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13