书名：The Penguin Guide to Punctuation企鹅英文标点符号用法指南
作者：R. L. Trask
出版社名称：Penguin Books
出版时间：1997
语种：英文
ISBN：9780140513660
商品尺寸：12.8 x1.1 x 19.7 cm
包装：平装
页数：162The Penguin Guide to Punctuation《企鹅英文标点符号用法指南》是一本英文标点符号学习工具书，涵盖英语学习过程中使用频率较高的标点符号。该工具书不仅适用于英语专业及英语学习者，对于英语编辑、老师和英语论文写作者，也是非常实用的标点符号工具书。

推荐理由：
1.综合全面，写作常用标点符号均有涉及，提供定义及例证，另外每个知识点结尾附有小结，方便学习者复习；
2.定义确切，有据可循、与时俱进的符号定义，详析用法，可谓标点符号教科书；
3.例证详细，每个标点符号均附有准确及错误两种例证，正反对照，加强记忆，更有利于学习者掌握；
4.针对电脑英文写作格式，如大写字母、缩写形式、斜体等格式，确切解析，并附上正确用法为例。
The Penguin Guide to Punctuation is indispensable for anyone who needs to get to grips with using punctuation in their written work. Whether you are puzzled by colons and semicolons, unsure of where commas should go or baffled by apostrophes, this jargon-free, succinct guide is for you.
—Contains precise definitions of every type of punctuation mark and shows how each should be used
—Provides numerous examples of good and bad usage
—Explains the correct use of capital letters, contractions and abbreviations, italics, boldface and thespecial charactersavailable on computers
—Covers punctuation in footnotes, references, bibliographies and letters
“Excellent… covers almost every point that an editor needs” 
Society of Freelance Editors and ProofreadersThe Penguin Guide to Punctuation《企鹅英文标点符号用法指南》书中不仅涵盖了英语书面写作中较为常用的标点符号，例如句号、逗号、冒号等，还特别收录借助电脑写作时的使用的一些特殊格式，如斜体、加粗等。定义确切、例证详尽，让学习者对与英语标点符号的运用了然于心，运用更加自如。

Do you find punctuation difficult? Are you puzzled by colons and semicolons? Unsure of where commas should go? Confused by hyphens and apostrophes? If so, then this jargon-free and succinct guide is for you.The Penguin Guide to Punctuation contains precise and up-to-date definitions of every type of punctuation mark and shows how each should be used. It gives numerous examples of good and bad usage, and it explains the correct use of capital letters, contractions and abbreviations, italics, boldface and the special characters available on a word processor. R. L. Trask has taught in the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the University of Sussex since 1988. He is the author of a number of books, includingA Dictionary Of Grammatical Terms In Linguistics,Language Change,Language: The Basics,A Dictionaryof Phonetics And Phonology,Historical Linguistics andThe History Of Basque.