Eats, Shoots & Leaves
The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Ranked #2 in English Grammar, Ranked #4 in Language — see more rankings.
In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss, gravely concerned about our current grammatical state, boldly defends proper punctuation. She proclaims, 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. Using examples from literature, history, neighborhood signage, and her own imagination, Truss shows how meaning is shaped by commas and apostrophes, and the hilarious consequences of punctuation gone awry.
Featuring a foreword by Frank McCourt, and... more
Featuring a foreword by Frank McCourt, and... more
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves is ranked in the following categories:
- #81 in Creative Writing
- #13 in Editing
- #25 in Etymology
- #78 in Factual
- #58 in How To
- #17 in Linguistics
- #10 in Reference
- #71 in Rhetoric
- #13 in Spelling
- #15 in Writing
- #40 in Writing Skills
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