Eats, Shoots & Leaves - The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Lynne Truss
Gotham Books (2004)
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English Language, English Language/ Punctuation, Language Arts & Disciplines / Grammar, Reference / Writing Skills
Hardcover 9781592400874
English
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 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.
Product Details
LoC Classification PE1450 .T75 2004
LoC Control Number 2004040646
Dewey 428.2
Cover Price $4.00
No. of Pages 209
Height x Width 7.5 x 5.2  inch
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