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From: ath@helios.prosys.se (Anders Thulin)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: em-dashes, ellipsis and English Usage
Message-ID: <452@helios.prosys.se>
Date: 3 Aug 89 06:52:40 GMT
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In article <30@nx32s.anduk.co.uk> lee%anduk.UUCP@neat.ai.toronto.edu (Liam R. Quin) writes:
>>Does anyone have suggestions on a reference as to how to use and
>>typeset the English language?  It seems I could use one.  :-)
>
> [ ... several suggestions omitted ... ]

A few more:

English usage:

	* Eric Partridge: You have a point there

	[ I'm not absolutely certain about the title ]
	Give a rather good description of when to use various
	types of interpunctuation and why. Also gives several
	examples incompetent, bad, acceptable and perfect
	usage.

	* Eric Partridge: Usage and Abusage
	
	Published by Penguin, among others
	Next to Fowler in my bookshelf.

Typography:

	* Oliver Simon: Introduction to Typography
	Faber & Faber

	A rather old book, but still quite useful. 
	

	* The Chicago Manual of Style

	Might be considered to describe US practice, though.
	


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