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The Book of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks
ISBN
9781452103365
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
01-06-2012
Bindwijze
Ebook EPUB
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Chronicle Books LLC
Auteur(s)
Bethany Keeley

The Book of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks

A Celebration of Creative Punctuation

Bethany Keeley
Leesfragment
€13,99
  • From
  • the
  • popular
  • blog,
  • a
  • hilarious
  • and
  • horrifying
  • survey
  • of
  • quotation
  • mark
  • abuse
  • in
  • all
  • its
  • forms.From
  • the
  • sarcastic
  • to
  • the
  • suggestive,
  • here
  • are
  • quotation
  • marks
  • as
  • we
  • love
  • them
  • best,
  • doing
  • horrible
  • damage
  • to
  • the
  • English
  • language.
  • Who
  • wouldn’t
  • have
  • second
  • thoughts
  • about
  • ordering
  • the
  • “hamburger”
  • on
  • the
  • diner’s
  • menu?
  • Would
  • it
  • be
  • best
  • to
  • skip
  • the
  • “blowout”
  • sale
  • at
  • the
  • department
  • store?
  • What
  • hidden
  • price
  • must
  • be
  • paid
  • for
  • something
  • marked
  • “free”?
  • Assembled
  • by
  • the
  • creator
  • of
  • the
  • wildly
  • popular
  • “Blog”
  • of
  • “Unnecessary”
  • Quotation
  • Marks,
  • this
  • book
  • surveys
  • the
  • havoc
  • wreaked
  • by
  • quotation
  • marks
  • on
  • signs,
  • menus,
  • placards,
  • and
  • posters
  • that
  • leave
  • reality
  • upended
  • by
  • supposed
  • “facts.”
  • This
  • smarty-pants
  • guide
  • is
  • “perfect”
  • for
  • desperate
  • grammarians,
  • habitual
  • air
  • quoters,
  • and
  • anyone
  • who
  • appreciates
  • a
  • good laugh.
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