Eats, Shoots and Leaves : The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Eats, Shoots and Leaves : The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
- ISBN 13:
9781592402038
- ISBN 10:
1592402038
- Edition: Reprint
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 04/11/2006
- Publisher: PENGUIN
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An appreciation by Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers
A great piece of humour and yet with a serious aim, this little book has become a runaway bestseller overnight and rightly so. As Lynne Truss has explained, there are many people who have little idea of the basics of punctuation today. This does not surprise us in the slightest.
As examiners, we have found scant regard continues to be paid to full stops, commas and question marks. However, by far the number one serial offender is the missing apostrophe. The story of the panda eating in a restaurant, then shoots the restaurant up and departs is an amusing story with an important message. The placing of punctuation in the wrong place can completely alter the message being conveyed… at some cost.
“Eats, Shoots and Leaves” remains a 21st century book to treasure for what could become an endangered system.