Eats, Shoots & Leaves
The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
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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 Lynne 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. If there are only pedants left who care, then so be it. This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled. From George Orwell shunning the semicolon, to New Yorker editor Harold Ross's epic arguments with James Thurber over commas, 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.
Kritikerstimmen
“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
“Witty, smart, passionate, it gives long-overdue attention to ‘the traffic signals of language.’”—John Rechy, Los Angeles Times Book Review “Best Books of 2004: Nonfiction”
“Truss’s scholarship is impressive and never dry.” —Edmund Morris, The New York Times
“[Truss is] a reformer with the soul of a stand-up comedian.” —Boston Globe
“ 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 of anyone who cares about grammar and a gentle introduction for those who don’t care enough.” —Boston Sunday Globe
“Lynne Truss makes [punctuation] a joy to contemplate.” —Elle Magazine
“A witty look at the amusing foibles of punctuation.” —Reader’s Digest
“Lynne Truss has done the English-speaking world a huge service.” —The Christian Science Monitor
“Witty and playful.” —Time Out New York