Eats, Shoots & Leaves - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Eats, Shoots & Leaves write by Lynne Truss. This book was released on 2004-04-12. Eats, Shoots & Leaves available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled. From the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, this lively history makes a powerful case for the preservation of a system of printing conventions that is much too subtle to be mucked about with.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Eats, Shoots & Leaves - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Eats, Shoots & Leaves write by Lynne Truss. This book was released on 2006-07-25. Eats, Shoots & Leaves available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Punctuation play is at its finest in this New York Times #1 bestseller! Illuminating the comical confusion the lowly comma can cause, this new edition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves uses lively, subversive illustrations to show how misplacing or leaving out a comma can change the meaning of a sentence completely. You might want to eat a huge hot dog, but a huge, hot dog would run away pretty quickly if you tried to take a bite out of him. And a sign saying "Eat here and get gas" would hint at a very different odor than "Eat here, and get gas." This picture book is sure to elicit gales of laughter—and better punctuation—from all who read it. #1 New York Times Bestseller Book Sense Book of the Year Honor Book KidsReads.com Best Book of the Year
Eats MORE, Shoots & Leaves
Eats MORE, Shoots & Leaves - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Eats MORE, Shoots & Leaves write by Lynne Truss. This book was released on 2019-10-22. Eats MORE, Shoots & Leaves available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Laugh your way to punctuation perfection with this pocket-sized paperback compendium of the hilariously illustrated #1 New York Times bestselling series. Clever side-by-side illustrations show how punctuation placement makes a huge difference in the meaning of a sentence. Imagine this without the middle period and the comma: “The king walked and talked. A half hour after, his head was cut off.” Oh no—a beheaded king that can still walk and talk! You might want to eat a huge hot dog, but a huge, hot dog would run away pretty quickly if you tried to take a bite out of him. Scenes from all three of Lynne Truss and Bonnie Timmons’s best-selling punctuation picture books (Eats, Shoots & Leaves, The Girl's Like Spaghetti, and Twenty-Odd Ducks) highlight the important jobs of commas, apostrophes, hyphens, quotation marks, and more in this humorous punctuation primer. “Wordplay or ‘grammarplay’ at its finest.” —School Library Journal
Can You Eat, Shoot and Leave? (Workbook)
Can You Eat, Shoot and Leave? (Workbook) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Can You Eat, Shoot and Leave? (Workbook) write by Clare Dignall. This book was released on 2011-10-31. Can You Eat, Shoot and Leave? (Workbook) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The punctuation workout for sticklers and rookies alike.
Talk to the Hand
Talk to the Hand - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Talk to the Hand write by Lynne Truss. This book was released on 2005-11-08. Talk to the Hand available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Talk to the hand, ’cause the face ain’t listening," the saying goes. When did the world stop wanting to hear? When did society become so thoughtless? It’s a topic that has been simmering for years, and Lynne Truss says it’s now reached the boiling point. Taking on the boorish behavior that for some has become a point of pride, Talk to the Hand is a rallying cry for courtesy. Like Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Talk to the Hand is not a stuffy guidebook, and is sure to inspire spirited conversation. Why hasn’t your nephew ever thanked you for your carefully selected gift? What makes your contractor think it’s fine to snub you in the midst of a major renovation? Why do crowds spawn selfishness? What accounts for the appalling treatment you receive in stores (if you’re lucky enough to get a clerk’s attention at all)? Most important, what will it take to roll back a culture that applauds those who are disrespectful? In a recent U.S. survey, 79 percent of adults said that lack of courtesy was a serious problem. For anyone who’s fed up with the brutality inflicted by modern manners (or lack thereof), Talk to the Hand is a colorful call to arms—from the wittiest defender of the civilized world.
