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Eats Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss (Hardcover, 2003)
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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.Product Identifiers
PublisherProfile Books
ISBN-139781861976123
eBay Product ID (ePID)88221543
Product Key Features
Book TitleEats Shoots & Leaves: the Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
AuthorLynne Truss
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
Number of Pages224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height194mm
Item Width134mm
Item Weight305g
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Title_AuthorLynne Truss
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 24 Jul, 2019Most 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-owned
- 16 Dec, 2021Most 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-owned
- 28 May, 2020
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-owned
- 12 Jan, 2022
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-owned
- 23 Aug, 2017
Taught me a lot and in a fun way
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 Nov, 2018
Not what I expected.
I actually though that this book will help me more with my grammar issues but it just makes me aware that there are many of them... something without pointing out which should be the correct answer.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 12 Dec, 2017
Excellentlly written
A very witty book. An entertaining readVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 09 Aug, 2018
Very informative.
Well written book with great humour.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Jul, 2017
Eats Shoots and Leaves
It helps starters to improve grammar, punctuation etc for a better academic writingVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 06 Dec, 2018
Useful
Good book, very usefulVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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