![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I proudly consider myself a punctuation martyr. Now, instead of peacefully munching, it EATS, SHOOTS, and LEAVES. In this runaway bestseller, Lynne Truss takes the fight to emoticons and greengrocers’ apostrophes with a war cry of ‘Sticklers unite!’īad punctuation can force an innocent animal to live outside the law. It is not only the rules of punctuation that have come under attack but also a sense of why they matter. ‘Pansy’s ready’, we learn to our considerable interest (‘Is she?’) as we browse among the bedding plants. ![]() ‘Its Summer!’ screams a sign that sets our teeth on edge. We all had the basic rules of punctuation drilled into us at school, but punctuation pedants have good reason to suspect they never sank in. Eats, shoots and leaves."Īnxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder. "Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air. ![]()
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