Eats, Shoots and Leaves

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Anxious 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.

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. 'Its Summer!' screams a sign that sets our teeth on edge. 'Pansy's ready', we learn to our considerable interest ('Is she?') as we browse among the bedding plants.

It is not only the rules of punctuation that have come under attack but also a sense of why they matter. In this runaway bestseller, Lynne Truss takes the fight to emoticons and greengrocers' apostrophes with a war cry of 'Sticklers unite!'

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Authors:
Truss, Lynne
Year Published:
2009
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780007329069
Number of Pages:
244
Publication Date:
01/10/2009
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date:
01/10/2009
Place of Publication:
London
SKU:
9780007329069

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