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Eats Shoots and Leaves: Zero Tolerance Punctuation Humour Reference Hardback

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Title
Eats shoots and leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuati
ISBN
9781861976123
Publication Year
2003
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
Eats Shoots & Leaves: the Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Item Height
194mm
Author
Lynne Truss
Publisher
Profile Books
Item Width
134mm
Item Weight
305g
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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A panda walked into a cafe. He ordered a sandwich, ate it, then pulled out a gun and shot the waiter. 'Why?' groaned the injured man. The panda shrugged, tossed him a badly punctuated wildlife manual and walked out. And sure enough, when the waiter consulted the book, he found an explanation. 'Panda,' ran the entry for his assailant. 'Large black and white mammal native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.' We see signs in shops every day for Banana's and even Gateaux's. Competition rules remind us: The judges decision is final. Now, many punctuation guides already exist explaining the principles of the apostrophe; the comma; the semi-colon. These books do their job but somehow punctuation abuse does not diminish. Why? Because people who can't punctuate don't read those books! Of course they don't! They laugh at books like those! Eats, Shoots and Leaves adopts a more militant approach and attempts to recruit an army of punctuation vigilantes: send letters back with the punctuation corrected. Do not accept sloppy emails. Climb ladders at dead of night with a pot of paint to remove the redundant apostrophe in Video's sold here.

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Profile Books
ISBN-13
9781861976123
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Book Title
Eats Shoots & Leaves: the Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Author
Lynne Truss
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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194mm
Item Width
134mm
Item Weight
305g

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Lynne Truss
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United Kingdom

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  • Most favourable review

    Punctuation in the right places

    A great little book that will be relevant as long as intelligible grammar exists.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: thecotswoldlibrary

  • Most critical review

    Not what I expected.

    I had bought this book for my daughter, as we both find certain punctuation mistakes and the resulting difference they make to sentences, hilarious. I imagined this book would be full of one line sentences with humorous errors, that you could just dip into but, instead, it was page upon page of full text, making it overbearing. Just my opinion, of course.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: baham_books

  • Good book if it’s what you’re interested in.

    I read this book while working in publishing and after a few years of FB decided I needed to reread it to assure myself it was them and not me.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: woonypood

  • Far too wordy

    The points on punctuation are valid and some examples very interesting, but all in all the book is far too wordy and self indulgent. Editing is sorely needed!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: ivana55555

  • Taught me a lot and in a fun way

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: bookdonors