Tag: English Today
17
Jun
The Linguistics of Punctuation—An Editor’s Guide
by Josh Stevenson
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Editing punctuation can be hard. One corpus-based approach to more effective editing involves tailoring your edits to the genre in which you’re working. As editors,...
17
Jun
Punctuation by Genre: A Corpus Linguistics Study
by Sariah Roulstone
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Punctuation may seem like a purely technical part of writing, but recent studies suggest that genres use punctuation differently. Of the various stylistic choices that...