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Eats, Shoots & Leaves - Lynne Truss Reviews

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Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Sep 07, 2016 10:49 PM 975 Views

The title clarifies the crucial significance of accentuation imprints. A'comma' after'Eats' progressions the whole importance. This is a book about English sentence structure and accentuation, however all the more truly about the basic missteps in English syntax.


It is not a self improvement guide which will enhance your dialect. Be that as it may, it gives an understanding into the dialect itself, and how it has developed after some time. It calls attention to regularly made linguistic use and accentuation blunders; some of which will make you go "Ooops! I do that as well!"


It customizes the frequently overlooked accentuation stamps and motivates linguistic use significant others to spare accentuation. Be that as it may, the book struggles to keep our advantage, yet the aim is sufficient.


Fun book on English Grammar - THE mistakes
May 09, 2015 11:53 PM 1935 Views

The title explains the vital importance of punctuation marks. A'comma' after'Eats' changes the entire meaning. This is a book about English grammar and punctuation, but more really about the common mistakes in English grammar.


It is not a self-help book which will improve your language. But it gives an insight into the language itself, and how it has grown over time. It points out commonly made grammar and punctuation errors; some of which will make you go "Ooops! I do that too!"


It personalizes the often ignored punctuation marks and inspires grammar-lovers to help save punctuation. However, the book does struggle to keep our interest, but the intention is good enough.


Mixed views!
Sep 29, 2005 10:51 AM 1595 Views

Eats, Shoots and Leaves is a book written by Lynn Truss. The title Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation refers to a joke about a panda.


The Joke


The panda had read an entry in an encyclopedia entry on itself which stated: Panda is a large black and white bear like mammal, native to chine. It eats, shoots, and leaves. So the panda does just that---goes into a cafe, orders a sandwich, then pulls out a gun, shoots, and leaves. The encyclopedia meant to say that panda is a mammal which eats shoots and leaves. All the problem because of an extra comma.


The book


What fascinated me was the fact that a book on punctuation was at the top of UK bestseller lists. Also, the title and it's explanation was equally fascinating. Being a technical writer by profession, I thought this book would be interesting, informative, and educative. I bought it, read it and found it a little interesting, a little informative, and a little educative! Any writer will know that the word punctuation puts you in an alert mode and you try to be careful!


Lynn Truss's does not teach the art of punctuation. She just just explains bad punctuation via anecdote, which is the reason why the book became so popular. There are no grammar lessons here, just explanations to why they are wrong. Apart from comma, she also talk about the misuse of dots, ellipses (...), semicolon, apostrophe, colon, dash, hyphens, and periods (full stop).


In some places you feel that Truss is trying very hard to be funny. She has been successful in some places and not so successful in the others.


An example


I always use an example when I train the trainee writers in my group and I also found this example in this book too (though explained in a different manner):


An English professor wrote the following words on the blackboard and directed the students to punctuate it correctly:


Woman without her man is nothing.


Men wrote: Woman, without her man, is nothing.


Women wrote: Woman! Without her, man is nothing.


Punctuation is used in sentences to make the meaning clear and to make reading easier. But as you see in this example, difference in punctuation can convey absolutely different meanings. It has to be used properly, with a lot of thought and delebration. I have seen people who use dots very liberally. They sprinkle it everywhere. (I wanted to go......................... but............. then I decided not to .......................) They no longer remain a dot or an ellipse. It's an unknown punctuation mark :)


On the whole, it is a good read---or rather people who are interested in language might like it. Others may not!


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Oct 12, 2004 02:29 PM 2024 Views

Being a copywriter by profession, I thought this book would be an interesting and educative read. Well, educative it is...but definitely not as interesting as I thought it would be. Queen's English, anyone?


A funny look at how lax people are with punctuation these days, Lynne Truss has written about where to use the right dots, dashes and apostrophes.


Like, in the title itself, if you put a comma by mistake after the word eats, the meaning of the sentence changes completely. Like this, there are many more examples in this book, as it makes quite a song and dance about punctuation.


Do read it only if you happen to borrow it from somewhere, it is not worth spending your money on.


It tends to ramble a bit towards the end...and that is when you rally want it to finish but it just goes on and on.


An unusual but strictly average read.



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