Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
by Lynne Truss
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss holds a well received rating of 3.86 out of 5, based on 79.1K reader ratings. First published in 2003. The book spans 209 pages.
About Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
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.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Author | Lynne Truss |
| Published | 2003 |
| Pages | 209 |
| Genres | Non-Fiction, Self-Help |
| Average Rating | 3.86 / 5.00 |
| Total Ratings | 79,117 |
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation is categorized as Non-Fiction, Self-Help. Its primary genre classification is Non-Fiction.
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation has 209 pages.
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation was written by Lynne Truss. It was first published in 2003.
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The ISBN-13 for Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation is 9781592402040.0.
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