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| Dawkins, John | 1 |
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Peer reviewedDawkins, John – Composition Forum, 2000
Looks at how the best writers of English from the 1600s to the present use punctuation in their nonfiction. Finds three bases for punctuation: intonation, grammar (or syntax), and semantics (or rhetoric). Shows that these authors do not regularly and consistently follow the institutionalized rules. Argues for rhetoric-based punctuation because its…
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), English Instruction, Higher Education, Language Standardization
