Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Thu Sep 16, 2004 8:29 pm
ive decided to read this book after my english teacher suggested it, i wanted to know if anyone here has read it and wether they liked it or not
Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:34 am
I haven't read it, but it's very highly recommended over at Fiction Alley. I've been meaning to read it, but I haven't got around to purchasing a copy.
Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:40 am
Wonderful book. Absolutely marvelous. 
Lynne Truss is the goddess of punctuation.
I recently bought the book, so that I'd have some form of a grammar class this year (I'm being homeschooled), and read it in a few hours.
It's hilarious, and yet great for learning how to improve your punctuating skills.
Lynne Truss is the goddess of punctuation.
I recently bought the book, so that I'd have some form of a grammar class this year (I'm being homeschooled), and read it in a few hours.
It's hilarious, and yet great for learning how to improve your punctuating skills.
Fri Sep 17, 2004 9:06 pm
I own a copy of that very book! It is very funny. I have become a bit of a punctuation stickler after reading that book, though the typo demon still likes me. 
I have become a bit of a punctuation stickler after reading that book, though the typo demon still likes me.
Fri Sep 17, 2004 11:57 pm
I have it. It's awesome. It's funny, plus I learned that no one can ever complain about me using a comma before the and when I list things (this, that, and the other thing). So stop correcting it, you stupid English teachers! 
Sat Sep 18, 2004 12:23 am
I loved it and so did my friend Stephen.
Sat Sep 18, 2004 3:04 am
ok thanks guys
Mon Sep 20, 2004 3:33 am
I only read the first part of it before it disappeared somewhere in the black hole that is my house, but I did love it. Then again, I'm a serious grammar freak.
I need to find that book again.
I need to find that book again.
Thu Sep 23, 2004 4:40 pm
Best book ever! I love it, I'm currently reading it again, for the umm....I've lost count of how many times I have read it. It's great. ^_^
I love it, I'm currently reading it again, for the umm....I've lost count of how many times I have read it. It's great. ^_^
Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:14 pm
I personally loved it. I own a copy...wonder where I've put it. I need to read it again if I can ever find it -.-;
Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:20 am
Strangely enough, I can think of books I'd prefer to read in the small amount of reading time I actually have.
The only time I've ever had my punctuation corrected within a piece of schoolwork was my drama portfolio- and only because I wrote it by hand; so a full stop looked like a comma ^_^
The only time I've ever had my punctuation corrected within a piece of schoolwork was my drama portfolio- and only because I wrote it by hand; so a full stop looked like a comma ^_^
Tue Oct 19, 2004 7:41 pm
Atamand wrote: plus I learned that no one can ever complain about me using a comma before the and when I list things (this, that, and the other thing).
I was just asking Stu about that earlier (like he'd know). I always put that extra comma there, but no one else seems to, so I wonder about it.
As a book, I haven't read it, and I could take it or leave it, really. Not high on my list of books to buy, but if I see it sometime I might pick it up.