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Eats Shoots and Leaves - have you read it?

  • 16-02-2004 12:30PM
    #1
    simu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,730 ✭✭✭✭


    Has anybody read the book of this title? It's about English punctuation.

    I find it strange that it appears to be selling so well.


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  • #2
    Praetorian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,720 ✭✭✭Praetorian


    Yes I bought it because it was selling unusually well and therefore must be good...I haven't read much of it yet.


  • #3
    Amz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,330 ✭✭✭✭Amz


    I'm reading it at the moment, enjoying it very much.


  • #4
    dod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 801 ✭✭✭dod


    One of a batch of books I received at Christmas - it makes for a surprisingly enjoyable read.


  • #5
    simu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,730 ✭✭✭✭simu


    So it's more of an entertaining read than a treatise on punctuation then, I take it.


  • #6
    Kopf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Kopf


    Well apparently it is still comprehensive while being both an attractive and page-turning read through wit.


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  • #7
    sceptre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,607 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Read it, liked it. I was given it by a brother who obviously thought I was anal-retentive enough to appreciate it. I suppose he was right - I've been bothered for a long time with poorly placed apostrophes. And I like the semi-colon, dammit.

    Two quibbles: a little too short and she accepts everything Fowler had to say as gospel (bold!). When it's funny it's funny though.


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