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" But can I start a sentence with "but"? : "
the University of Chicago Press editorial staff ; with a foreword by Carol Fisher Saller.
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876160
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But can I start a sentence with "but"? : : advice from the Chicago style Q A /\ the University of Chicago Press editorial staff ; with a foreword by Carol Fisher Saller.
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Chicago ;London :: The University of Chicago Press,, 2016.
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Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing
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xi, 118 pages ;; 23 cm.
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022637064X
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: 022637078X
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: 9780226370644
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: 9780226370781
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9780226370781
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"It's not so much an issue of correctness as of ickiness" -- "'President of the Mess Hall' is going to look pretty silly" -- "Three people have three strong opinions about commas ..." -- "Can fewest mean zero?" -- "If you give birth to a source and he's still living under your roof ..." -- "Holy metaphysics -- we aren't that fancy" -- "Aaagh!" to "argh!" to "aahhh!"
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"For more than fifteen years, the manuscript editing department of the Press has overseen online publication of the monthly Chicago Manual of Style Q & A, choosing interesting questions from a steady stream of publishing-related queries from Manual users and providing thoughtful and/or humorous answers in a smart, direct, and occasionally cheeky voice. More than 28,000 followers have signed up to receive e-mail notification when new Q & A content is posted monthly, and the site receives well over half a million visitors annually. But Can I Start a Sentence with "But"? culls from the extensive Q & A archive a small collection of the most helpful and humorous of the postings and provides a brief foreword and chapter introductions. The material is organized into seven chapters that cover matters of editorial style, capitalization, punctuation, grammar and usage, citation and quotation, formatting and other non-language issues, and a final chapter of miscellaneous items. Together they offer an informative and amusing read for editors, other publishing professionals, and language lovers of all stripes."--Publisher's description.
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Authorship, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Authorship, Style manuals.
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Authorship.
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REFERENCE-- Writing Skills.
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| Dewey Classification
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808.02/7
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PN147.B88 2016
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University of Chicago., Press.
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