... examples are highly technical and therefore harder to understand, but technical editors and other technical publishing professionals must understand grammar, punctuation, and capitalization in the context ... 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 ... PDF created: Mon, Aug 3, 1998 - 11:47 AMNASA SP-7084 Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization A Handbook for Technical Writers and Editors Mary K. McCaskillLangley Research CenterHampton,...