Comments on: Three Fairly New British Language References http://www.dailywritingtips.com/three-fairly-new-british-language-references/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:11:50 -0500 hourly 1 By: David H http://www.dailywritingtips.com/three-fairly-new-british-language-references/comment-page-1/#comment-185457 David H Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:54:28 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3182#comment-185457 I recently bought a copy of Trask's Penguin Guide to Punctuation as a supplement to another book on punctuation which I am reading, Eric Partridge's You Have a Point There. Comparing the two, I think I should read Trask as an introduction to punctuation, then turn to Partridge for an in-depth treatment of the subject. As an example, based on the chapter which I have just read, Partridge lists thirteen uses of the colon, providing examples of each, whereas I see that Trask gives just one major use. I might, therefore, suspend my reading of Partridge while I read Trask. The other Penguin guides mentioned in the blog were also a part of my list of possible purchases, though in the end I bought Trask's Mind The Gaffe and a second-hand copy of the Fowler brothers' The King's English. Add this blog to the list and I am a happy soul, if not yet as literate as I hope to be. I recently bought a copy of Trask’s Penguin Guide to Punctuation as a supplement to another book on punctuation which I am reading, Eric Partridge’s You Have a Point There.

Comparing the two, I think I should read Trask as an introduction to punctuation, then turn to Partridge for an in-depth treatment of the subject. As an example, based on the chapter which I have just read, Partridge lists thirteen uses of the colon, providing examples of each, whereas I see that Trask gives just one major use. I might, therefore, suspend my reading of Partridge while I read Trask.

The other Penguin guides mentioned in the blog were also a part of my list of possible purchases, though in the end I bought Trask’s Mind The Gaffe and a second-hand copy of the Fowler brothers’ The King’s English. Add this blog to the list and I am a happy soul, if not yet as literate as I hope to be.

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