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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
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Item Description...
Overview
Looks at the history of punctuation and the rules governing the use of apostrophes, commas, dashes, hyphens, colons, and semicolons. Teacher's Guide available. Reprint. 250,000 first printing.
Publishers Description
A bona fide publishing phenomenon, Lynne TrussA's 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 A"makes correct usage so cool that you have to admire Ms. Truss.A"
A-Janet Maslin, The New York Times
A"Witty, smart, passionate.A"
A-Los Angeles Times Book Review, Best Books Of 2004: Nonfiction
A"Who knew grammar could be so much fun?A"
A-Newsweek
A"Witty and instructive. . . . Truss is an entertaining, well-read scold in a culture that could use more scolding.A"
A-USA Today A"Truss is William Safire crossed with John CleeseA's Basil Fawlty.A"
A-Entertainment Weekly
A"Lynne Truss has done the English-speaking world a huge service.A"
A-The Christian Science Monitor
A"This book changed my life in small, perfect ways like learning how to make better coffee or fold an omelet. ItA's the perfect gift for anyone who cares about grammar and a gentle introduction for those who donA't care enough.A"
A-The Boston Sunday Globe
A"Lynne Truss makes [punctuation] a joy to contemplate.A"
A-Elle
A"If Lynne Truss were Roman Catholic IA'd nominate her for sainthood.A" A-Frank McCourt, author of AngelaA's Ashes
A"TrussA's scholarship is impressive and never dry.A"
A-Edmund Morris, The New York Times Book Review |
Item Specifications...
Pages 209
Dimensions: Length: 1.25" Width: 5.25" Height: 7.25"
Weight: 0.42 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Apr 11, 2006
ISBN 1592402038
EAN 9781592402038
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Availability 44 units.
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 | humor for grammar geeks Nov 19, 2008 |
If you've been living in a cave, the subtitle explains what Eats, Shoots and Leaves is about: "The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation." Since I'm a bit of a grammar geek (albeit an imperfect and occasionally lazy one), I absolutely loved it.
There wasn't much that was news to me. Ones vs. one's was helpful, though I understand that's controversial. I spent far too much time one day googling to chase down which was correct. For the most part, I vastly prefer the practicality of the British usage of such things as putting punctuation inside or outside quotation marks depending on where it makes sense and whether to add an extra S when forming the possessive of words ending in S:
British: When did John say "stop"?
U.S.: When did John say "stop?"
British: Thomas's
U.S.: Thomas'
I do, however, much prefer the logic of the terminal comma in a list, since it makes it clear whether or not the last two items are separate or a pair.
More entertaining than the facts, however, was the humor. I laughed every couple of pages, and read so many excerpts aloud that my 12-year-old picked it up to read as soon as I'd finished it.
The bottom line here, though, is that this is a very subjective book. If you're the kind of person who knows the difference between there, they're, and their, cringes at new car's and truck's, and daydreams about taking a Sharpie to the 10 items or less sign, you'll probably love this. If that sounds obsessive to you, and like I should get a life, you'll probably hate it.
| | |  | "Why don't you just tell me..." Nov 7, 2008 |
| This book was recommended to me for my bad grammar, but it didn't do much to help. My problem with this book is that after you read it, you feel like a third-grader. I'd prefer less opinion and more instruction ,but that's not the case in this book. The author wants you to know her opinion but offers little instruction. If you want to read a rant on grammar then this is the book for you, but if you want a black-and-white approach with examples ( instead of someone repeatedly telling you how easy it all is)don't even think about using this book as a reference. | | |  | I NEVER GOT MY BOOK Oct 24, 2008 |
| I have never received my book. The seller rushed me leave her a positive feedback, before I received the book, by sending me multiple emails. In the end, I still do not have that book. Neither did I receive a refund... | | | | Your library has 10 copies of this book--guarenteed! Sep 21, 2008 |
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? Sep 19, 2008 |
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." | | | Write your own review about Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
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