Eats, shoots & leaves : the zero tolerance approach to punctuation /
Truss, Lynne.
Eats, shoots & leaves : the zero tolerance approach to punctuation / Eats, shoots and leaves Lynne Truss. - First trade paperback edition. - xxvii, 209 pages ; 19 cm
Originally published in Great Britain in 2003 by Profile Books, Ltd. Previously published in hardcover by Gotham Books. "With a Foreword by Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209).
Introduction: the seventh sense -- The tractable apostrophe -- That'll do, comma -- Airs and graces -- Cutting a dash -- A little used punctuation mark -- Merely conventional signs.
Lynne Truss, a self-proclaimed stickler, presents a humorous look at the history of punctuation, discussing the use and misuse of commas, apostrophes, semi-colons, and other punctuation marks.
9781592402038 1592402038
English language--Punctuation--Humor.
Eats, shoots & leaves : the zero tolerance approach to punctuation / Eats, shoots and leaves Lynne Truss. - First trade paperback edition. - xxvii, 209 pages ; 19 cm
Originally published in Great Britain in 2003 by Profile Books, Ltd. Previously published in hardcover by Gotham Books. "With a Foreword by Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209).
Introduction: the seventh sense -- The tractable apostrophe -- That'll do, comma -- Airs and graces -- Cutting a dash -- A little used punctuation mark -- Merely conventional signs.
Lynne Truss, a self-proclaimed stickler, presents a humorous look at the history of punctuation, discussing the use and misuse of commas, apostrophes, semi-colons, and other punctuation marks.
9781592402038 1592402038
English language--Punctuation--Humor.