![]() ![]() Grammar mistakes make me want to punch pandas, so do them a favour and read Lynne’s book. She has a particular hatred for Two Weeks Notice, because the movie omitted a vital apostrophe from its name.Īnd she has every right to be annoyed – the English language is a beautiful thing, and punctuation is vital to keep its clarity. Who knew that reading about semicolons and ellipses could be so interesting? It’s entertaining, too – Truss has this habit of pouncing on the atrocious aberrations that litter UK high streets and the websites of national and international companies. 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. Truss writes about the bizarre set of conventions that we call grammar with what can only be described as a religious fervor, and by the time you reach the end, she’ll have converted you to the cause, too. Lynne Truss is a writer and journalist who started out as a literary editor with a blue pencil and then got sidetracked. See what I did there? And whilst it’s not exactly a textbook like Strunk & White’s Elements of Style, it’s still a fantastic reference book when needed.īut it’s so much more than that. Lynne Trusss book, Eats, Shoots and Leaves includes the use or abuse of apostrophes, commas, dashes, and other. Why did I not read this earlier? This is a grammarian godsend, and a great introduction to the world of the Oxford comma. ![]()
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