Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation | 
 enlarge | Author: Lynne Truss
Publisher: Gotham
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Pages: 240
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Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1592402038
Dewey Decimal Number: 428.2
EAN: 9781592402038
ASIN: 1592402038
Publication Date: April 11, 2006
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A bona fide publishing phenomenon, Lynne Trusss now classic #1 New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves makes its paperback debut after selling over 3 million copies worldwide in hardcover. We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the Internet, in e-mail, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Truss dares to say, 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. This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled. From the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, this lively history makes a powerful case for the preservation of a system of printing conventions that is much too subtle to be mucked about with. BACKCOVER: Praise for Lynne Truss and Eats, Shoots & Leaves:
Eats, Shoots & Leaves makes correct usage so cool that you have to admire Ms. Truss.
Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Witty, smart, passionate.
Los Angeles Times Book Review, Best Books Of 2004: Nonfiction
Who knew grammar could be so much fun?
Newsweek
Witty and instructive. . . . Truss is an entertaining, well-read scold in a culture that could use more scolding.
USA Today Truss is William Safire crossed with John Cleeses Basil Fawlty.
Entertainment Weekly
Lynne Truss has done the English-speaking world a huge service.
The Christian Science Monitor
This book changed my life in small, perfect ways like learning how to make better coffee or fold an omelet. Its the perfect gift for anyone who cares about grammar and a gentle introduction for those who dont care enough.
The Boston Sunday Globe
Lynne Truss makes [punctuation] a joy to contemplate.
Elle
If Lynne Truss were Roman Catholic Id nominate her for sainthood. Frank McCourt, author of Angelas Ashes
Trusss scholarship is impressive and never dry.
Edmund Morris, The New York Times Book Review
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 Your library has 10 copies of this book--guarenteed! September 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you must: I suggest your local library. That, or you could buy it used. They are currently selling used copies of the hard back for one cent.
That's about all it's worth. Her information is fair, but her attitude is horrible. She insults every facet of the very audience that is asking her for help.
It gets folks fired up, doesn't it? September 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
My punctuation is definitely not perfect, but I enjoyed "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" a lot because I too am frustrated by the insanity that has writers putting an apostrophe before the "s" in any word ending in that letter! Drives me batty! I believe that the author has toungue planted firmly in cheek and found myself laughing all the way through her book. I am glad that even in punctuation, humor can be found.
It also heightened my awareness of "writing right" and made me want to do a better job of using reference guides to understand why things are done as they are, instead of just going by the seat of my pants and "I think it looks right, oh I'll just throw in some more commas."
 An ode to an endangered species: Punctuation September 6, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is not a grammar or style guide. This is rather a book by someone who is passionate about language, in general, and punctuation, in particular. If you see a signboard of a shop advertising "CD's, Video's, DVD's, and Book's", and if you see another one declaring "No Dogs Please" and both of them trouble you immensely, then this book is for you.
Such grammatical errors have troubled me all my life, and I found this book not only immensely entertaining but I identified with the author's feelings very deeply. Yes, I do punctuate my text messages; yes, I do use proper capitalizations and punctuations in my e-mails; and the author declares that sadly most of the people do not bother about such niceties.
Funny, informative, and full of humourous anecdotes, Truss's book is an ode to an endangered species: the punctuation. I enjoyed every page of it.
Fun book September 6, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought this was a fun book, although I'm not sure that I agree with all of the author's points. Clearly, she cares a great deal about grammar in a way that the rest of us might not. Still, it was quite entertaining. I definitely recommend it for anyone who enjoys word (crossword puzzlers, Scrabble players, or just readers).
 A LAUGH PER PAGE August 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A cute little book with some fun prose, and a lot of confusion and differences of opinion about punctuation. It's the British way or the Truss way, but often doesn't help us across "the pond." She did get me thinking about sentence and paragraph structure, and probably more confused. The book did help me with apostrophes and the dashes, and it also reassured me to know that my high school English teacher was not always right. It's good to know that there are many different ways of punctuating, as long as the message gets across clearly. So there, Ms Langley! Would I buy the book again? Yep! (did I use that exclamation point properly?)
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