Punctuation in Formal Writing Guide - Business Productivity Quick Reference Guide

A 4-page 8.5" x 11" quick reference guide. Part of the "Award Winning Professors Series"* "I've been thinking about punctuation and its endless rules, but it's so boring that I find myself falling asleep in a nonce." http://obliqueangles.blogspot.com Punctuation can also be frustrating in the extreme - even mysterious. The "punct" in "punctuation" means "point." So what's the point, and where do you aim it? •You lose marks for setting a comma before an "and" in one sentence, and then you are told to use one before the "and", as in this sentence. Why? What difference does it make? •When is semicolon proper and when is it, simply, wrong? •How do you determine whether an apostrophe goes before or after a final "s," or whether an apostrophe is even necessary? •Who makes these rules, anyway? These questions will be answered in the Permachart.