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“STOPS”
OR, HOW TO PUNCTUATE
A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK
FOR WRITERS AND STUDENTS
By PAUL ALLARDYCE
“For a reader that pointeth ill,
A good sentence oft may spill.”
—Chaucer—Romaunt of the Rose