The plain guide to the clear presentation of written language: punctuation is the `nuts and bolts` of the English language, and here is the ideal everyday companion. Punctuation has been described as `a courtesy designed to help readers understand a story without stumbling`. Included in this essential guide are: - `Ten Golden Rules of Punctuation` by a Victorian schoolmistress - how to deal with capitalization, full stops and commas - mastery of colons, parentheses, dashes, hyphens, questions, exclamations and apostrophes - the ultimate punctuation test - witty cartoons by Hunt Emerson.