Lucy,
   The lack of such a book is what initially drove me to write my own.
Generally speaking, the books that give advice in punctuation do not
describe the language well and the books that describe the language
well do not give advice about how to use it. They also tend to speak
very different languages. >

Craig


Can you recommend a comprehensive English grammar and punctuation text for
> a
> German friend of mine?  He speaks English fluently but has some difficulty
> with punctuation.
>
> Thanks,  Lucy
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