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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
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- Condition
- Like New
- Seller notes
- “2003”
- ISBN-13
- 9781592402038
- Book Title
- Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
- ISBN
- 9781592402038
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1592402038
ISBN-13
9781592402038
eBay Product ID (ePID)
128400888
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Publication Name
Eats, Shoots and Leaves : the Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Language
English
Subject
Style Manuals, Grammar & Punctuation, Topic / Language
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines, Humor
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
6 Oz
Item Length
7.3 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Eats, Shoots & Leaves "makes correct usage so cool that you have to admire Ms. Truss." -Janet Maslin, The New York Times "Witty, smart, passionate." - Los Angeles Times Book Review , Best Books Of 2004: Nonfiction "This book changed my life in small, perfect ways like learning how to make better coffee or fold an omelet. It's the perfect gift for anyone who cares about grammar and a gentle introduction for those who don't care enough." - The Boston Sunday Globe, Eats, Shoots & Leaves "makes correct usage so cool that you have to admire Ms. Truss." --Janet Maslin, The New York Times "Witty, smart, passionate." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review , Best Books Of 2004: Nonfiction "This book changed my life in small, perfect ways like learning how to make better coffee or fold an omelet. It's the perfect gift for anyone who cares about grammar and a gentle introduction for those who don't care enough." -- The Boston Sunday Globe, "You don't need to be a grammar nerd to enjoy this one... Who knew grammar could be so much fun?" -- Newsweek "Witty and instructive... Truss is an entertaining, well-read scold in a culture that could use more scolding." -- USA Today "Truss is William Safire crossed with John Cleese's Basil Fawlty." -- Entertainment Weekly "Witty, smart, passionate, it gives long-overdue attention to 'the traffic signals of language.'"-- John Rechy, Los Angeles Times Book Review "Best Books of 2004: Nonfiction" "Truss's scholarship is impressive and never dry." -- Edmund Morris, The New York Times "[Truss is] a reformer with the soul of a stand-up comedian." -- Boston Globe " This book changed my life in small, perfect ways like learning how to make better coffee or fold an omelet. It's the perfect gift of anyone who cares about grammar and a gentle introduction for those who don't care enough." -- Boston Sunday Globe "Lynne Truss makes [punctuation] a joy to contemplate." -- Elle Magazine "A witty look at the amusing foibles of punctuation." -- Reader's Digest "Lynne Truss has done the English-speaking world a huge service." -- The Christian Science Monitor "Witty and playful." -- Time Out New York
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
428.2
Grade To
UP
Synopsis
The spirited and scholarly #1 New York Times bestseller combines boisterous history with grammar how-to's to show how important punctuation is in our world--period. 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 interspersed with a lively history of punctuation from the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, Eats, Shoots & Leaves makes a powerful case for the preservation of proper punctuation., A bona fide publishing phenomenon, Lynne Trusss 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" makes correct usage so cool that you have to admire Ms. Truss. Janet Maslin, "The New York Times" Witty, smart, passionate. "Los Angeles Times Book Review," Best Books Of 2004: Nonfiction Who knew grammar could be so much fun? "Newsweek" Witty and instructive. . . . Truss is an entertaining, well-read scold in a culture that could use more scolding. "USA Today" Truss is William Safire crossed with John Cleeses Basil Fawlty. "Entertainment Weekly" Lynne Truss has done the English-speaking world a huge service. "The Christian ScienceMonitor" This book changed my life in small, perfect ways like learning how to make better coffee or fold an omelet. Its the perfect gift for anyone who cares about grammar and a gentle introduction for those who dont care enough. "The Boston Sunday Globe" Lynne Truss makes [punctuation] a joy to contemplate. "Elle" If Lynne Truss were Roman Catholic Id nominate her for sainthood. Frank McCourt, author of "Angelas Ashes" Trusss scholarship is impressive and never dry. Edmund Morris, "The New York Times Book Review", The spirited and scholarly #1 New York Times bestseller combines boisterous history with grammar how-to's to show how important punctuation is in our world--period. 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 interspersed with a lively history of punctuation from the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, Eats, Shoots & Leaves makes a powerful case for the preservation of proper punctuation., A bona fide publishing phenomenon, Lynne Truss's now classic #1 "New York Times" bestseller "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" makes its paperback debut after selling over 3 million copies worldwide in hardcover.
LC Classification Number
PE1450.T753 2006
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