Lapsing Into a Comma A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--and How to Avoid Them
, by Walsh, BillNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780809225354 | 0809225352
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 5/22/2000
No writer's or editor's desk is complete without a battered, page-bent copy of theAP Stylebook. However, this not-so-easy-to-use reference of journalistic style is often not up-to-date and leaves reporters and copyeditors unsatisfied. Bill Walsh, copy chief for theWashington Post'sbusiness desk, addresses these shortcomings inLapsing into a Comma. In an opinionated, humorous, and yes, curmudgeonly way, he shows how to apply the basic rules to unique, modern grammar issues. Walsh explains how to deal with perplexing situations such as trendy words, foreign terms, and web speak.