Re: em-dashes, ellipsis and English Usage (long)

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From: Julian Bradfield
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1989 11:20

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In article <30@nx32s.anduk.co.uk> lee%anduk.UUCP@neat.ai.toronto.edu (Liam R. Quin) writes:
>Some notes on dashes, hyphens and eliipsis, and some references to
>works on typesetting, typography and English usage.
...
>Can anyone add to the list?

A book I have found very useful is
Butcher, Judith
Copy-editing -- The Cambridge Handbook, 2nd edn
Cambridge, CUP, 1981
ISBN 0 521 25638 0

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