Lapsing into a Comma : A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--and how to Avoid Them
No writer's or editor's desk is complete without a battered, page-bent copy of the AP 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 the Washington Post's business desk, addresses these shortcomings in Lapsing 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...
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Bill Walsh, copy chief for the Washington Post's business desk in an opinionated, humorous, and yes, curmudgeonly, way, shows how to apply the basic rules to unique, modern grammar issues such as trendy words, foreign terms, and Web speak.1590616480 Contemporary Books An extraordinarily useful guide for any writer. Bill Walsh is a stylist with a sense of humor, a rare commodity these days." —Frank Mankiewicz, Former President, National Public Radio 1590616480
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Beyond Search and Replace: Using Your Head as Well as Your Stylebook12You Could Look It Up!: How to Use a Dictionary With Style53Holding the (Virtual) Fort: Disturbing Trends in the Information Age134Literally Speaking: Write What You Mean, Mean What You Write315Giving 110 Percent: Why You Needed Those Math Classes After All376Matters of Sensitivity: Correctness, Political and Otherwise417He Said, She Said: Quotations in the News498The Big Type: Headlines and Captions659Dash It All, Period: The Finer Points of Punctuation7110The Curmudgeon's Stylebook: Details, Details95Index229
\ Contemporary BooksAn extraordinarily useful guide for any writer. Bill Walsh is a stylist with a sense of humor, a rare commodity these days." —Frank Mankiewicz, Former President, National Public Radio\ 1590616480\ \ \ \ \ \ Library JournalThis style manual is meant to serve as a companion to the Associated Press style manual. And what Walsh, copy desk chief at Washington Post, adds to Style is style--the element that the ever precise and dry traditional manuals often lack. Walsh's acerbic tone adds humor to the dry distinctions between "there, their, and they're," which never hurts and may, in fact, contribute to permanent retention. Taking on the web's contributions to slang, such as the prefix "e-" before mail and business, Walsh strikes frequent compromises between traditional style and contemporary usage and concisely explains correct pronunciations and proper definitions of words frequently used incorrectly. A few of the examples of common incorrect usage apply primarily to news reportage, but most have broader application. Those who like curmudgeonly humor find Walsh's writing method rather amusing. A good title for public and college libraries, especially those with the AP style manual.--Robert Moore, Raytheon, Sudbury, MA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.\\\ \
