Text, Type And Style: A Compendium Of Atlantic Usage (1921) - Tapa blanda

Ives, George Burnham

 
9781165110780: Text, Type And Style: A Compendium Of Atlantic Usage (1921)

Sinopsis

""Text, Type And Style: A Compendium Of Atlantic Usage"" is a book written by George Burnham Ives and first published in 1921. The book is a comprehensive guide to English language usage, specifically for writers and editors in the Atlantic region of the United States. The book covers a wide range of topics related to writing, including grammar, punctuation, spelling, and style. It also includes sections on typography and printing, with detailed explanations of different typefaces and how they should be used. Throughout the book, Ives provides numerous examples and explanations to help readers understand the rules and conventions of English language usage. He also includes a number of exercises and quizzes to test readers' knowledge and help them improve their writing skills. Overall, ""Text, Type And Style: A Compendium Of Atlantic Usage"" is a valuable resource for anyone looking to improve their writing or editing skills, particularly those working in the publishing industry or other fields where clear and effective communication is essential.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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English, or as anything more than its sub-title indicates: that is to say, an effort to put into words the principles and the rules so far as those principles can be expressed in rules that govern the preparation of copy and the handling of proofs of the Atlantic Monthly. It would be more accurate to say that that was the purpose of the book when first projected; for it was so long ago, that the Atlantic Monthly Press was then in its earliest infancy, and little thought had been given to the matter of the style to be followed in such books as it might publish. A s, however, its list of publications is rapidly growing, it has become necessary to decide upon the style to be adopted in respect to those matters that are within the province of the printer or publisher rather than of the author; and the scope of this book has accordingly been broadened so far as to indicate the points comparatively few in number wherein the usage of the magazine differs from that of Atlantic
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