... dash.emphasis,brevity and, 33colon and, 43, 46, 47comma and, 43, 51dash and, 43, 57, 58dash vs. semicolon, 58italics for, 41, 63lists, 42on action, 28, 30parallelism and, 41parentheses and, 57positions ... person pronouns, 4, 27 for, 52 for example, 46, 58, 74foreign words, italicized, 65formal writing,colon and, 47formal writing, (continued):contractions in, 45dash and, 58points of ellipsis, ... polished, and nickel rods were welded to its edge.PDF created: Mon, Aug 3, 1998 - 11:47 AMNASA SP-7084Grammar, Punctuation, and CapitalizationA Handbook for Technical Writers and EditorsMary...