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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 Cleese’s Basil Fawlty.”
—Entertainment Weekly
“Lynne Truss has done the English-speaking world a huge service.”
—The Christian Science Monitor
“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
“Lynne Truss makes [punctuation] a joy to contemplate.”
—Elle
“If Lynne Truss were Roman Catholic I’d nominate her for sainthood.” —Frank McCourt, author of Angela’s Ashes
“Truss’s scholarship is impressive and never dry.”
—Edmund Morris, The New York Times Book Review --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
作者简介 LYNNE TRUSS is the author of the New York Times bestseller Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door, and The Lynne Truss Treasury: Columns and Three Comic Novels . Eats, Shoots & Leaves, for which she won Britain’s Book of the Year Award, has sold over three million copies worldwide. Truss is a regular host on BBC Radio 4, a Times (London) columnist, and the author of numerous radio comedy dramas. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Book Description
Everyone knows the basics of punctuation, surely? Aren't we all taught at school how to use full stops, commas and question marks? And yet we see ignorance and indifference everywhere. "Its Summer!" says a sign that cries out for an apostrophe. "ANTIQUE,S," says another, bizarrely. "Pansy's ready", we learn to our considerable interest ("Is she?"), as we browse among the bedding plants.
In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Lynne Truss dares to say that, with our system of punctuation patently endangered, it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them for the wonderful and necessary things they are. If there are only pedants left who care, then so be it. "Sticklers unite" is her rallying cry. "You have nothing to lose but your sense of proportion--and arguably you didn't have much of that to begin with."
This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset about it. From the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to Sir Roger Casement "hanged on a comma"; from George Orwell shunning the semicolon to Peter Cook saying Nevile Shute's three dots made him feel all funny", this book makes a powerful case for the preservation of a system of printing conventions that is much too subtle to be mucked about with. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Oliver Pritchett, Sunday Telegraph
Altogether enchanting...it makes you love punctuation; you want to conserve what is left and perhaps even call for more. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Nigel Williams, The Observer Review
This is more than a witty, elegant and passionate book that should be on every writer's shelf. Well. Done. Lynne!!!! --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
John Humphrys, Sunday Times
'Lynne Truss deserves to be piled high with honours'. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Sarah Vine, the Times
Truss is one of life's head girls. She's also jolly good fun, or at least her book is. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Terry Eagleton, Irish Times, November 22
A wonderful little treatise on the uses and misuses of punctuation. Witty and entertaining as well as informative. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
William Hartston, Daily Express, November 22
Lovers of good English have thought of ourselves as isolated outposts...Lynne Truss has emerged as our champion. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Mary Kenny, Irish Independent
'Lynne Truss has written a funny and apposite book'. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Richard Madeley, Richard & Judy
'She's a soul sister. She's one of us.' --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Fay Weldon,
The book of the year, really. It meets the Zeitgeist. Very quirky and enormous fun. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Melanie McGrath, Evening Standard
Her faint scoldiness, good humour, self-deprecatory pedantry and bloody-minded doggedness make this the most enjoyable book about punctuation ever written. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From the Publisher
This international bestseller, with over 2 million copies sold worldwide, is fast becoming a modern classic. With humor, it guides us and encourages us to use punctuation in a way that will bring life and character to the written word. A book that can be read as a tale from beginning to end and used as a reference guide in moments of confusion. Be prepared to laugh out loud. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From the Author
It has just been exclamation marks all the way! --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
