Description
| Product ID: | 9780007329069 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Eats, Shoots and Leaves |
| Authors: | Author: Lynne Truss |
| Page Count: | 244 |
| Subjects: | Usage and grammar guides, Usage & grammar guides, Writing and editing guides, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Language teaching theory and methods, Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, Language self-study, Humour, Writing & editing guides, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Language teaching theory & methods, Grammar & vocabulary, Language self-study texts, Humour |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens. Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens.We all had the basic rules of punctuation drilled into us at school, but punctuation pedants have good reason to suspect they never sank in. ‘Its Summer!’ screams a sign that sets our teeth on edge. ‘Pansy’s ready’, we learn to our considerable interest (‘Is she?’) as we browse among the bedding plants.It is not only the rules of punctuation that have come under attack but also a sense of why they matter. In this runaway bestseller, Lynne Truss takes the fight to emoticons and greengrocers’ apostrophes with a war cry of ‘Sticklers unite!’ |
| Imprint Name: | Fourth Estate Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2009-10-01 |
