Modern Punctuation and Grammar: Tools Not Rules

This book describes punctuation and grammar (PaG) as found in modern books. Implausibly, it's a treasure trove of useful information not found anywhere else, making it mandatory reading for serious writers.

This book includes constructs that are often discouraged and yet important and commonly used in modern writing, such as pauses, interruptions, fragments, emphasis, repetition, and disfluencies. It also includes the modern use of the basic guts of PaG, such as commas, conjunctions, and lis...