This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled. Eats, shoots and leaves adopts a more militant approach and attempts to recruit an army of punctuation vigilantes. Nonfiction this book changed my life in small, perfect ways like learning how to make better coffee or fold an omelet. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. The zero tolerance approach to punctuation kindle edition by truss, lynne. Lynn truss, the now wealthy author of this improbable bestseller, describes her rallying cry as sticklers unite. Not a reference book as such, but a humourous guide to the modern use of punctuation and why it is so important to maintain standards without being too rigid. Here is a quick description and cover image of book eats, shoots and leaves. The zero tolerance approach to punctuation is a non fiction book.
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We are like the little boy in the sixth sense who can see dead people, except that we can dead punctuation. As someone who writes a fair bit half a million words on goodreads alone, i know my way around a sentence. The zero tolerance approach to punctuation paperback bargain price, april 11, 2006. Pdf eats shoots and leaves download full pdf book download. Read download eats shoots and leaves pdf pdf download.
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