![]() By shooting down common misconceptions about grammar, she advocates for grammar sticklers across the nation. In a humorous way, she emphasizes that incorrect grammar has the potential to dramatically alter the meaning of a passage. Using examples from literature, history, neighborhood signage, and her own imagination, Truss shows how meaning is shaped by commas and apostrophes, and the hilarious consequences of punctuation gone awry.įeaturing a foreword by Frank McCourt, and interspersed with a lively history of punctuation from the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, Eats, Shoots & Leaves makes a powerful case for the preservation of proper punctuation. Read 5211 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. Lynne Trusss book, Eats, Shoots and Leaves includes the use or abuse of apostrophes, commas, dashes, and other. In the novel Eats, Shoots, and Leaves, Lynne Truss imparts on readers the importance of grammar. She proclaims, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss, gravely concerned about our current grammatical state, boldly defends proper punctuation. Lynne Truss is one of Britains most well-loved comic writers and is the author of the worldwide bestsellers Eats, Shoots & Leaves and Talk to the Hand. ![]() ![]() ![]() The spirited and scholarly #1 New York Times bestseller combines boisterous history with grammar how-to’s to show how important punctuation is in our world-period. ![]()
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