Eats, shoots & leaves : the zero tolerance approach to punctuation / Lynne Truss

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Publication details: New York : Gotham Books , c2003.Description: xxvii, 209 p. ; 19 cmISBN:
  • 9781592400874
Other title:
  • Easts, shoots and leaves
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 428.2 TRU
Contents:
Foreword / Frank McCourt -- Publisher's note -- Preface -- Introduction : the seventh sense -- The tractable apostrophe -- That'll do, comma -- Airs and graces -- Cutting a dash -- A little used punctuation mark -- Merely conventional signs -- Bibliography.
Summary: A New York Times Bestseller. In 2002 Lynne Truss presented a well-received BBC Radio 4 series about punctuation which led to the writing of Eats, Shoots and 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 over a half million copies in print in England, Truss is ready to rally the troops on this side of the pond with her rousing cry "Sticklers unite!"
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Libro - Monografía Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. 428.2 TRU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Expurgado/No disponible 057760

Originally published in Great Britain in 2003 by Profile Books.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-209).

Foreword / Frank McCourt -- Publisher's note -- Preface -- Introduction : the seventh sense -- The tractable apostrophe -- That'll do, comma -- Airs and graces -- Cutting a dash -- A little used punctuation mark -- Merely conventional signs -- Bibliography.

A New York Times Bestseller. In 2002 Lynne Truss presented a well-received BBC Radio 4 series about punctuation which led to the writing of Eats, Shoots and 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 over a half million copies in print in England, Truss is ready to rally the troops on this side of the pond with her rousing cry "Sticklers unite!"

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