Mind the Stop: A Brief Guide to Punctuation with a Note on Proof-correction

Carey, G.V.

ISBN 10: 0140510729 / ISBN 13: 9780140510720

Published by Cambridge University Press, Penguin Books., 1976

About this Item

A penguin paperback book, in reasonable good condition, normal wear and marks apply consistent with use and age. A couple of brown marks to front and back paper boards, please see images. 124 pages, plus index page, all intact. All pages are in good readable order. The author G.V. Carey's working life, after taking an honours degree in classics (and getting a Rugby Blue) at Cambridge, was divided between school mastering and publishing, with interruptions for service in two World Wars, in the Rifle Brigade and the R.A.F. respectively. He was educational secretary of the Cambridge University Press from 1922 to 1929 and Headmaster of Eastbourne College from 1929 until 1938. First published in 1939, this edition was reprinted in 1976 in Penguin Reference Books.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mind the Stop: A Brief Guide to Punctuation with a Note on Proof-correction
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Penguin Books.
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140510729
• ISBN 13: 9780140510720
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

,117 pages with index and example of a page of text showing proof correction symbols then after correction