Eats, shoots & leaves : the zero tolerance approach to punctuation / Lynne Truss.

By:

Truss, Lynne [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Fourth Estate, 2009Edition: Fourth Estate paperback editionDescription: xiv, 209 pages ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780007329069

Subject(s):

English language -- Punctuation

DDC classification:

421.1 TR.E 2009 23

LOC classification:

PE1450 .T78 2009

Contents:

Introduction - the seventh sense -- the tractable apostrophe -- that's all do, comma -- airs and graces -- cutting a dash -- a little used punctuation mark -- merely conventional sign.

Summary: 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' adopts a militant approach to punctuation and attempts to recruit an army of vigilantes who will send letters back with the punctuation corrected, not accept sloppy emails, and climb ladders with pots of paint to remove redundant apostrophes from signs.

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Originally published: London: Profile, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction - the seventh sense -- the tractable apostrophe -- that's all do, comma -- airs and graces -- cutting a dash -- a little used punctuation mark -- merely conventional sign.

'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' adopts a militant approach to punctuation and attempts to recruit an army of vigilantes who will send letters back with the punctuation corrected, not accept sloppy emails, and climb ladders with pots of paint to remove redundant apostrophes from signs.

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