Sajitha's review
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
by Lynne Truss
Sajitha's review
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
Sajitha's review
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What fascinated me was the fact that a book on punctuation was at the top of UK bestseller lists. Also, the title and it’s explanation was equally fascinating. Being a technical writer by profession, I thought this book would be interesting, informative, and educative. I bought it, read it and found it a little interesting, a little informative, and a little educative! Any writer will know that the word punctuation puts you in an alert mode and you try to be careful!
The title "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" refers to a joke about a panda---The panda read an entry in an encyclopedia entry on itself which stated: Panda is a large black and white bear like mammal, native to chine. It eats, shoots, and leaves. So the panda does just that---it goes into a cafe, orders a sandwich, then pulls out a gun, shoots, and leaves. The encyclopedia meant to say that panda is a mammal which eats shoots and leaves. All the problem because of an extra comma.
Lynn Truss’s does not teach the ar...more
The title "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" refers to a joke about a panda---The panda read an entry in an encyclopedia entry on itself which stated: Panda is a large black and white bear like mammal, native to chine. It eats, shoots, and leaves. So the panda does just that---it goes into a cafe, orders a sandwich, then pulls out a gun, shoots, and leaves. The encyclopedia meant to say that panda is a mammal which eats shoots and leaves. All the problem because of an extra comma.
Lynn Truss’s does not teach the ar...more
