Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss
Thursday, August 19th, 2004
Reviewed by L.D.Y.
Hardcover (available in trade), 209 pages, 2003
Rating: 9/10
Reason for Reading: I had to know how a book about punctuation could attract so much attention.
Synopsis: After seeing one punctuation-related faux pas too many, Truss cracked and wrote Eats, Shoots and Leaves to try and (re)enlighten the general population about clarity in writing. Commas, exclamation points, apostrophes: Truss pleads for their correct usage, largely by using ridiculous (and true) examples of intended meanings gone awry.