PUNCTUATION
Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (NEW 428.2 TRU) is a funny, readable, down-to-earth (yet clarifying) discourse on modern punctuation, exhorting the reader to rally (even to the point of vigilante-ism) against the apparent proliferation of both the misuse of (and the omission of) beleagured punctuation marks to be seen everywhere today. The best parts of the book, of course, are the examples of "improper usage". It was a best seller in America as well as in Great Britain (in spite of its sometimes very British punctuation usage), and was often recommended in Best Non-fiction of 2004 lists.
Some other interesting-sounding books on punctuation and grammar (listed in her Bibliography) are also available:
Bill Walsh's Lapsing into a Comma... (808.027 WAL)
Eric Partridge's Usage and Abusage (428 PAR)
Karen Elizabeth Gordon's The Well-Tempered Sentence: a Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed (421 GOR)
Other books at EGVPL that have a humorous approach to grammar and punctuation include
Richard Lederer's Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay: Practical Advice for the Grammatically Challenged (428.2 LED), Crazy English: The Ultimate Joy Ride Through Our Language (420.027 LED),
Adventures of a Verbivore (428 LED),
and
A Man of My Words: Reflections on the English Language (413.028 LED) (Unfortunately EGVPL does not have any of his Anguished English books.)
Here's the transcript of a Chat with Richard Lederer.
The essay by Stanford professor Paul Robinson that Ms. Truss cites is actually available online, "The Philosophy of Punctuation".
Although there are quite a few punctuation games available online, there is now one specifically based on Lynn Truss's book: The Eats, Shoots & Leaves Game.
Remember: (song)"Punc-tu-a-tion, punc, punc, punc, punc-tu-a-tion. These are those lit-tle marks that use their in-flu-ence...to help a sen-tence make more sense". (The Electric Company TV Show)
Currently Reading: Anne McCaffrey's Dinosaur Planet
Just Finished Reading: Lynn Truss's Eats,Shoots & Leaves
Some other interesting-sounding books on punctuation and grammar (listed in her Bibliography) are also available:
Bill Walsh's Lapsing into a Comma... (808.027 WAL)
Eric Partridge's Usage and Abusage (428 PAR)
Karen Elizabeth Gordon's The Well-Tempered Sentence: a Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed (421 GOR)
Other books at EGVPL that have a humorous approach to grammar and punctuation include
Richard Lederer's Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay: Practical Advice for the Grammatically Challenged (428.2 LED), Crazy English: The Ultimate Joy Ride Through Our Language (420.027 LED),
Adventures of a Verbivore (428 LED),
and
A Man of My Words: Reflections on the English Language (413.028 LED) (Unfortunately EGVPL does not have any of his Anguished English books.)
Here's the transcript of a Chat with Richard Lederer.
The essay by Stanford professor Paul Robinson that Ms. Truss cites is actually available online, "The Philosophy of Punctuation".
Although there are quite a few punctuation games available online, there is now one specifically based on Lynn Truss's book: The Eats, Shoots & Leaves Game.
Remember: (song)"Punc-tu-a-tion, punc, punc, punc, punc-tu-a-tion. These are those lit-tle marks that use their in-flu-ence...to help a sen-tence make more sense". (The Electric Company TV Show)
Currently Reading: Anne McCaffrey's Dinosaur Planet
Just Finished Reading: Lynn Truss's Eats,Shoots & Leaves
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