Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Lynne Truss
Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation - London Profile Books 2004 - x,209 p. HB 20x13 cm.
A panda walks into a cafe. 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." So punctuation really does matter, even if it is only occasionally a matter of life and death. This is the zero tolerance guide.
1861976127
English Usage
English Grammar
428.2 / TRUE
Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation - London Profile Books 2004 - x,209 p. HB 20x13 cm.
A panda walks into a cafe. 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." So punctuation really does matter, even if it is only occasionally a matter of life and death. This is the zero tolerance guide.
1861976127
English Usage
English Grammar
428.2 / TRUE
