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Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines, Humor
Subject
Style Manuals, Grammar & Punctuation, Topic / Language
ISBN
9781592400874
Publication Name
Eats, Shoots and Leaves : the Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Item Length
7.5 in
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1 in
Author
Lynne Truss
Item Weight
10.8 Oz
Item Width
5.2 in
Number of Pages
240 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1592400876
ISBN-13
9781592400874
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13038491703
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Eats, Shoots and Leaves : the Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Publication Year
2004
Subject
Style Manuals, Grammar & Punctuation, Topic / Language
Type
Textbook
Author
Lynne Truss
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines, Humor
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
10.8 Oz
Item Length
7.5 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-040646
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"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, "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
Table Of Content
Eats Shoots & LeavesForeword by Frank McCourt Publisher's Note Preface 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 Bibliography
Synopsis
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 email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves , former editor Lynne 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.
LC Classification Number
PE1450.T75 2004
