Eats, Shoots & Leaves
About this book
Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens. We all had the basic rules of punctuation drilled into us at school, but punctuation pedants have good reason to suspect they never sank in. ‘Its Summer!’ screams a sign that sets our teeth on edge. ‘Pansy’s ready’, we learn to our considerable interest (‘Is she?’) as we browse among the bedding plants. It is not only the rules of punctuation that have come under attack but also a sense of why they matter. In this runaway bestseller, Lynne Truss takes the fight to emoticons and greengrocers’ apostrophes with a war cry of ‘Sticklers unite!’ ([source][1]) [1]: https://www.lynnetruss.com/books/eats-shoots-leaves/
Reader Profile
3.9/5 · 78 readers · 209 pages · ≈ 3 h 52 m · Light
How long does it take to read Eats, Shoots & Leaves?
About ≈ 3 h 52 m — 209 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Eats, Shoots & Leaves?
209 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Eats, Shoots & Leaves?
It sits on the Humor shelves.
Is Eats, Shoots & Leaves in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Eats, Shoots & Leaves?
Lynne Truss (1955–0).