Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss, published by Penguin Audio on April 26, 2004, is an unabridged edition that delves into the intricacies of punctuation. This book stems from Truss’s BBC Radio 4 series, Cutting a Dash, and addresses the decline of proper punctuation in contemporary communication. Through a blend of wit and insight, Truss emphasizes the importance of commas and semicolons, advocating for their preservation in an age of casual language.
Readers will find a lively exploration of punctuation’s history and significance, as Truss discusses various perspectives on its usage, including notable figures like George Orwell and Harold Ross. The book serves as a rallying cry for those who appreciate the nuances of language and wish to uphold grammatical standards. With its focus on reference and writing, Eats, Shoots & Leaves appeals to anyone interested in the mechanics of language and the cultural implications of its misuse.
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In 2002 Lynne Truss presented Cutting a Dash, a well-received BBC Radio 4 series about punctuation, which led to the writing of Eats, Shoots & Leaves. The book became a runaway success in the UK, hitting number one on the bestseller lists and prompting extraordinary headlines such as Grammar Book Tops Bestseller List (BBC News). With more than 500,000 copies of her book in print in her native England, Lynne Truss is ready to rally the troops on this side of the pond with her rousing cry, Sticklers unite!
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.
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