A couple of questions and looking for the governmental English guide.

[xXx_Antoni_xXx_PL]

Hello. Yet again had I to write a long text in English. And I was using the punctuation guide forwarded to me: https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/em-dash.html. The guide seems incomplete (at least the section about dash). For what I know, dash is reversed colon, but the guide makes of it no mention: it only tells that I can replace a colon for a dash for to make an emphasis. I saw, in an English book, a dash reversing an entire sentence beginning and end, not just replacing a colon; it was similar to the sentence below:
Everything is made of atoms: trees, stones, stars. → Trees, stones, stars – everything is made of atoms.
In Poland, we have a government that created The Polish Language Council that created “Rules of Polish spelling and punctuation” guide (81 pages of pdf document), and it has (almost) all rules for Polish language. Is there something similar for English? I was searching, but found only random, short guides and longer guides about common mistakes. Because I dislike British quotation marks, I would prefer American English guide, if there be multiple guides; but any full guide would be great.

Previously, I was asking about double negation. It was told me that I should avoid it; but what about a triple?
I have not seen anyone anywhere. → Nowhere have I not seen no one.
In Poland, we still use a triple, therefore, of a surety, a triple was wont to be a standard English. Perhaps it still is.

“accomplish” is my favourite English word and my second favourite word. I want to use it in sentences frequently, even if it makes them wordy. Would the sentences below be well understood?
I cleaned the car.
vs
I did accomplish in cleaning the car.
I accomplished cleaning the car.
By me was the cleaning of the car accomplished. I like this one best; my accomplishment is wonderfully emphasised.

 

[jutfrank]

The guide seems incomplete (at least the section about dash).

Actually, it's fairly comprehensive for a web guide. It has everything you need to know about dashes, at least for now.

For what I know, dash is reversed colon ...

I have never thought of a dash as a 'reversed colon' before. That's not really how we use them.

In Poland, we have a government that created The Polish Language Council that created “Rules of Polish spelling and punctuation” guide (81 pages of pdf document), and it has (almost) all rules for Polish language. Is there something similar for English?

No, we don't have anything like that, fortunately.

Because I dislike British quotation marks, I would prefer American English guide

What are British quotation marks? I've never heard of them.

 

[jutfrank]

Let's deal with your questions about negatives in a fresh post.

Previously, I was asking about double negation. It was told me that I should avoid it; but what about a triple?

It very rarely happens that you get three negatives all in one utterance.

I have not seen anyone anywhere. → Nowhere have I not seen no one.

The first sentence is good but the second one is very wrong, for a few reasons.

Although 'no one' and 'nowhere' are negatives, the words 'anyone' and 'anywhere' are not. In fact, you can think of them as positive, as they very frequently go together with negative words.

By the way, I don't want you to think that two negatives in one sentence is necessarily wrong (or non-standard)—sometimes we need to do it. Three though is so rare that I could barely think of an example.

 

[jutfrank]

“accomplish” is my favourite English word and my second favourite word.

I agree it's a nice word.

I want to use it in sentences frequently, even if it makes them wordy.

Um, no, don't do that, even though you want to. You have to use it in the right place.

I did accomplish in cleaning the car.

No, that's horrible, for too many reasons to bother with explaining. It doesn't matter how well understood it would be.

I accomplished cleaning the car.

Better, but still no good. Cleaning a car is a task so banal that it doesn't deserve a strong word like 'accomplish'.

By me was the cleaning of the car accomplished. I like this one best; my accomplishment is wonderfully emphasised.

This is really wrong! Even worse than your first sentence.

Have you looked at lots of dictionary examples? Have a look at lots more.

 

[SoothingDave]

Like justfrank said, we don't have government rules for spelling and punctuation. If we did, a lot of us would purposely do something different because we do not like to be told what to do.

You might enjoy the US Federal government's GPO (General Publishing Office) style guide. You can google "GPO style manual pdf free download" and find a pdf.

These are the rules for any government agency that wants to publish any official documents.

Keep in mind that this is just the government. Newspapers and other institutions have their own style guides as well. There is no one uniform set of rules that everyone follows.

 

[xXx_Antoni_xXx_PL]

What are British quotation marks? I've never heard of them.

‘British quotation marks’ – “American quotation marks”
The British quotation mark is very misleading to me, because it looks like an apostrophe. The problem is that the apostrophe can be at the end or the beginning of a word (for example: students’ council). I always struggled with things that are not unambiguous. For example:
Tom’s → Tom is
Tom’s → Tom has
Tom’s → of Tom
It could be done better:
’Tis → It is (unambiguous)
It’s → It is (not unambiguous, could mean it has)

I have never thought of a dash as a 'reversed colon' before. That's not really how we use them.

I got it from the Polish punctuation guide. I was convinced that English also has it.

By the way, I don't want you to think that two negatives in one sentence is necessarily wrong (or non-standard)—sometimes we need to do it. Three though is so rare that I could barely think of an example.

I suppose the example would be: You must not be not prepared. Which means: You must be prepared. Two negations make a positive. I, previously, was taking about two negations making a negative: I have no joy receiving no gifts from you. I have realised that three negations make one negation, therefore I can add one more negation to twice negated sentence, and the sentence would be more grammatically correct.

No, that's horrible, for too many reasons to bother with explaining. It doesn't matter how well understood it would be.

So sad! I thought that the first sentence was the most grammatically correct. And I was using it semi-frequently. I suppose I cannot reverse the time

You might enjoy the US Federal government's GPO (General Publishing Office) style guide. You can google "GPO style manual pdf free download" and find a pdf.

Gramercy! This is exactly what I was looking for. The punctuation section is about 20 pages, and it seems right.

 

[emsr2d2]

‘British quotation marks’ – “American quotation marks”

I'm a BrE speaker and have always used the "double quotes". I see BrE and AmE speakers here using both.

 

[xXx_Antoni_xXx_PL]

I'm a BrE speaker and have always used the "double quotes". I see BrE and AmE speakers here using both.

The said guide says that single quotes are British and double quotes are American.

British versus American style | The Punctuation Guide

www.thepunctuationguide.com

 

[emsr2d2]

The said guide says that single quotes are British and double quotes are American.

British versus American style | The Punctuation Guide

www.thepunctuationguide.com

It might well say that but I can assure you that plenty of people don't follow that format.

 

[PeterCW]

It might well say that but I can assure you that plenty of people don't follow that format.

It may say that but I would say "rubbish".