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    How to Avoid 10 Punctuation M!stakes: The Top 10 Fatal Errors Made by Novices Punctuating Fiction and Non-fiction
    How to Avoid 10 Punctuation M!stakes: The Top 10 Fatal Errors Made by Novices Punctuating Fiction and Non-fiction
    How to Avoid 10 Punctuation M!stakes: The Top 10 Fatal Errors Made by Novices Punctuating Fiction and Non-fiction
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    How to Avoid 10 Punctuation M!stakes: The Top 10 Fatal Errors Made by Novices Punctuating Fiction and Non-fiction

    By Euan Mitchell

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    The top 10 punctuation mistakes that pedants love to correct. Eliminate them before you eliminate your chances with a publisher, or before you embarrass yourself in front of readers or clients. Each and every mistake is easy to fix once you know how. Each chapter begins with a diagram containing solutions to punctuation problems that may have eluded you for years. You can download the free sample to review the table of contents.

    Euan Mitchell is an author, editor, publisher and lecturer with more than 20 years of experience in the book publishing industry. (Global edition in American English.)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOverDog Press
    Release dateApr 27, 2014
    ISBN9780975797983
    How to Avoid 10 Punctuation M!stakes: The Top 10 Fatal Errors Made by Novices Punctuating Fiction and Non-fiction
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    Euan Mitchell

    Euan Mitchell is a college and university educator who has been writing, editing and publishing books since 1993. He is a former senior editor for a multinational publisher. Euan’s published and indie-published books include fiction and non-fiction titles.

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      How to Avoid 10 Punctuation M!stakes - Euan Mitchell

      How to Avoid 10 Punctuation M!stakes:

      The Top 10 Fatal Errors Made by Novices Punctuating Fiction and Non-fiction

      by Euan Mitchell

      Published by OverDog Press.

      Smashwords edition. ISBN: 978-0-9757979-8-3

      Copyright © Euan Mitchell, 2014.

      All rights reserved. The moral rights of the author have been asserted.

      Screenshots of Microsoft Word® used with permission of Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Word and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Mac and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple, Inc.

      Cover design by Les Thomas, Phil Campbell and Euan Mitchell.

      Proofreading by Robyn Wallace-Mitchell.

      Please note: All care has been taken in the preparation of this ebook. However, the publisher and author shall have no liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by the information contained herein.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Mistake #1

      It’s Over Its Problem

      Mistake #2

      More on Apostrophes

      Mistake #3

      Running Off at the Mouth

      Mistake #4

      Who’s Speaking Now?

      Mistake #5

      She Said What?

      Mistake #6

      Must of Sold Bargain’s

      Mistake #7

      The Cannibal Comma

      Mistake #8

      Dash It All!

      Mistake #9

      Semicolonic Cleansing

      Mistake #10

      Breaking Up is Hard to Do

      Conclusion

      Great Punctuation Debates

      The Answers at the Back

      Acknowledgments

      Other Ebooks in the Series for Writers

      About the Author

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      Introduction

      Writers who want to make a good impression on readers, clients or publishers need to avoid the top 10 punctuation mistakes in this ebook. These mistakes are common among novice writers, but can also be found across professional media, including newspapers, magazines, books, TV and websites.

      Even the best editors can make mistakes under the pressure of a deadline, but there is a difference between being careless and not actually knowing what is correct. The following m!steaks are gleaned from more than two decades of working with new and emerging writers through publishing companies, public workshops and universities. They are ranked according to how readily the mistakes

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