![]() I appreciated Truss’ jovial, approachable tone in Eats, Shoots & Leaves… I liked how she implemented a joke as the title. Eats, shoots and leaves.”… So, punctuation really does matter, even if it is only occasionally a matter of life and death.” Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. “Look it up.”… The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds and explanation… “Panda. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder… “I’m a panda,” he says, at the door. ![]() 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. As someone who appreciates the Oxford Comma, I consider myself an eager member of the audience for this book. ![]() Lynne Truss’ Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation became a resident soon after I heard of its publication as a college student. ![]() Cover of Book – Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss – centered on a dark red background with the “Starry Night Elf” Logo in the lower right hand corner | Cover Image Source: GoodreadsĤ/5 I own a rather long To Be Read (TBR) Shelf. ![]()
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