Thespiritedandscholarly#1NewYorkTimesbestsellercombinesboisteroushistorywithgrammarhow-to’stoshowhowimportantpunctuationisinourworld--period.InEats,Shoots&Leaves,formereditorLynneTruss,gravelyconcernedaboutourcurrentgrammaticalstate,boldlydefendsproperpunctuation.Sheproclaims,inherdelightfullyurbane,witty,andveryEnglishway,thatitistimetolookatourcommasandsemicolonsandseethemasthewonderfulandnecessarythingstheyare.Usingexamplesfromliterature,history,neighborhoodsignage,andherownimagination,Trussshowshowmeaningisshapedbycommasandapostrophes,andthehilariousconsequencesofpunctuationgoneawry.FeaturingaforewordbyFrankMcCourt,andinterspersedwithalivelyhistoryofpunctuationfromtheinventionofthequestionmarkinthetimeofCharlemagnetoGeorgeOrwellshunningthesemicolon,Eats,Shoots&Leavesmakesapowerfulcaseforthepreservationofproperpunctuation.
