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Eats, Shoots and Leaves : The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss (2004, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-101592400876
ISBN-139781592400874
eBay Product ID (ePID)13038491703
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
Publication NameEats, Shoots and Leaves : the Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
LanguageEnglish
SubjectStyle Manuals, Grammar & Punctuation, Topic / Language
Publication Year2004
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Humor
AuthorLynne Truss
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight10.8 Oz
Item Length7.5 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-040646
Reviews"You don't need to be a grammar nerd to enjoy this one... 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 Cleese's Basil Fawlty." - Entertainment Weekly "Witty, smart, passionate, it gives long-overdue attention to 'the traffic signals of language.'" --John Rechy, Los Angeles Times Book Review "Best Books of 2004: Nonfiction" "Truss's scholarship is impressive and never dry." -Edmund Morris, The New York Times "[Truss is] a reformer with the soul of a stand-up comedian." - Boston Globe " This book changed my life in small, perfect ways like learning how to make better coffee or fold an omelet. It's the perfect gift of anyone who cares about grammar and a gentle introduction for those who don't care enough." - Boston Sunday Globe "Lynne Truss makes [punctuation] a joy to contemplate." - Elle Magazine "A witty look at the amusing foibles of punctuation." - Reader's Digest "Lynne Truss has done the English-speaking world a huge service." - The Christian Science Monitor "Witty and playful." - Time Out New York, "You don't need to be a grammar nerd to enjoy this one… 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 Cleese's Basil Fawlty." - Entertainment Weekly "Witty, smart, passionate, it gives long-overdue attention to 'the traffic signals of language.'" --John Rechy, Los Angeles Times Book Review "Best Books of 2004: Nonfiction" "Truss's scholarship is impressive and never dry." -Edmund Morris, The New York Times "[Truss is] a reformer with the soul of a stand-up comedian." - Boston Globe " This book changed my life in small, perfect ways like learning how to make better coffee or fold an omelet. It's the perfect gift of anyone who cares about grammar and a gentle introduction for those who don't care enough." - Boston Sunday Globe "Lynne Truss makes [punctuation] a joy to contemplate." - Elle Magazine "A witty look at the amusing foibles of punctuation." - Reader's Digest "Lynne Truss has done the English-speaking world a huge service." - The Christian Science Monitor "Witty and playful." - Time Out New York
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal428.2
Table Of ContentEats Shoots & LeavesForeword by Frank McCourt Publisher's Note Preface Introduction--The Seventh Sense The Tractable Apostrophe That'll Do, Comma Airs and Graces Cutting a Dash A Little Used Punctuation Mark Merely Conventional Signs Bibliography
SynopsisWe 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 email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves , former editor Lynne 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.
LC Classification NumberPE1450.T75 2004
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- May 31, 2021
How cell-texting killed writing
In England 🇬🇧 oratory skills are paramount to argue cases before the courts. Here, it seems writing a persuasive brief is indispensable. Texting and messaging has has destroyed both. We avoid speaking and penmanship is no longer being taughtnin schools. We have absolutely no regard for sentence structure, capitalization, punctuation such as the period, contractions and the possessive. Formal letter writing has declined. What the author has done is refresh our recollections of what is, and what is not acceptable. Many of us take this for granted until we read the impenetrable though sometimes poetic lyrics written for rap music which very often mimics the sound of slang words and their odd juxtaposition in the narrative. The real shame, of course, is we are raising a generation of young people who see no need to comply with elementary communication and probably wouldn't sense a need to as they've gotten along just fine without it. These are the somewhat functional (and grossly) dysfunctional illiterates.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Oct 19, 2022
Clever title that expresses clearly what the content is about.
A good review on how to correctly use punctuation in the English language. Especially in this age of the dopes our government run schools are turning out.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
