false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255830970m/31744.jpg 31744 2 Just as the use of commas was hilariously demystified in <I>Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!</I>, now Lynne Truss and Bonnie Timmons put their talents together to do the same for apostrophes. Everyone needs to know where to put an apostrophe to make a word plural or possessive (Are those sticky things your brother's or your brothers?) and leaving one out of a contraction can give someone the completely wrong impression (Were here to help you).<P> Full of silly scenes that show how apostrophes make a difference, too, this is another picture book that will elicit bales of laughter and better punctuation from all who read it. 31965 1 7 2007 The Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can't Manage without Apostrophes! total:80|5:32|4:31|3:12|2:3|1:2| 80 328 161 25 5 0 false false Fri Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jun 03 17:40:43 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 17:53:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 13:31:33 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 13:34:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 24 09:42:04 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 09:46:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 15:54:15 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 16:03:03 -0700 2008 Eats, Shoots, and Leaves, but I managed a quick read of this little gem that will entertain and educate adults as well as children.

Truss presents several sentences two ways -- with apostrophes appearing in different places each time. Each example of the sentence is i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 19:24:37 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 04:41:38 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 15:14:57 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 15:16:00 -0700 2009
A most excellent and clever grammar book. It's a children book, but I've seen college freshmen who could use benefit from this simple and clear lesson.]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 13 12:15:39 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 12:18:29 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 03:38:47 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 03:40:44 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 18:03:31 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 18:04:05 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jul 21 20:07:19 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 20:07:43 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 07:45:32 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 11:42:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 12:46:52 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 12:46:52 -0700 2009 It really made me laugh (ma3 nafsii)
I LOVED ITT!!]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 31 21:30:01 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 06:52:06 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jun 03 11:29:32 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 11:29:32 -0700 2009 Follow-up to the kids' version of "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" -- this time focusing on apostrophes. A fun supplement to the more traditional approaches to learning puncuation. I have one nitpicky complaint, which is that I thought using the word "refuse" as a nou...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 11:30:06 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 11:33:31 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Sep 11 12:32:41 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 12:34:11 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 21:33:25 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 21:35:40 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 10:34:55 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 10:35:51 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 23:01:24 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 23:02:56 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Nov 18 19:05:45 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 19:06:51 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=31744