Author David Crystal

David Crystal

Honorary Professor of Linguistics

DAVID CRYSTAL is Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. His many books range from clinical linguistics to the liturgy and Shakespeare. He is the author of The Story of English in 100 Words and Spell It Out: The Singular History of English Spelling, both published by Profile.

Making a Point: The Persnickety Story of English Punctuation

David Crystal

Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Books

“Behind every punctuation mark lies a thousand stories,” writes David Crystal in his new book, Making a Point: The Persnickety Story of English Punctuation (Profile Books). He then fills the pages with the...

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Author David Crystal

David Crystal

Making a Point: The Persnickety Story of English Punctuation