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Eats, Shoots & Leaves

by Lynne Truss
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Eats, Shoots & Leaves

Humorous journey through the world of punctuation.

If the misuse of commas and semicolons in text messages makes you twitch, Lynne Truss's "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" could be your humorous therapy. Truss turns what is typically a dry subject into a witty and engaging discussion that not only educates but entertains. It's a book for anyone who loves language and appreciates the nuances that proper punctuation can bring to writing.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves

by Lynne Truss
RM34.00 MYR
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ISBN: 9780007329069
Authors: Lynne Truss
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date of Publication: 2009-10-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Personal Development
Related Topics: Personal Development, How To, Writing
Goodreads rating: 3.87
(rated by 106253 readers)

Description

A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air. "Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder. "I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up." The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation. "Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves." 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!'
 

Humorous journey through the world of punctuation.

If the misuse of commas and semicolons in text messages makes you twitch, Lynne Truss's "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" could be your humorous therapy. Truss turns what is typically a dry subject into a witty and engaging discussion that not only educates but entertains. It's a book for anyone who loves language and appreciates the nuances that proper punctuation can bring to writing.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.