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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Descriptor
Classics (Literature)1
English Instruction1
Higher Education1
Language Standardization1
Language Usage1
Literature Appreciation1
Punctuation1
Writing Instruction1
Writing Skills1
Source
Composition Forum1
Author
Dawkins, John1
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Journal Articles1
Reports - Evaluative1
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Punctuation: Some Informing History.
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Dawkins, John – Composition Forum, 2000
Looks at how the best writers of English from the 1600s to the present use punctuation in their nonfiction. Finds three bases for punctuation: intonation, grammar (or syntax), and semantics (or rhetoric). Shows that these authors do not regularly and consistently follow the institutionalized rules. Argues for rhetoric-based punctuation because its…
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), English Instruction, Higher Education, Language Standardization