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Periods and Commas and Quotation Marks: In or Out?
The rules of punctuation can often be likened to the Pirate’s Code, as described by Captain Barbossa in the movie The Pirates of The Caribbean: “…the code is more what you’d call ‘guidelines’ than actual rules.” Nowhere is this clearer … Continue reading
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Tagged American style, Ben Yagoda, British style, quotation marks, Slate.com
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Agatha Christie and the Case of the Messy Notebooks
How did Agatha Christie—author of more than 70 novels, more than 140 short stories, and 22 plays—manage to generate and keep track of all of the ideas that went into her works? How did she develop the characters with their … Continue reading
