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	1 Truss, Lynne Eats, Shoots and Leaves Profile Books Ltd 2003 1-86197-612-7 / 9781861976123 Hardcover  Hardback with D/J in excellent condition, like new.The zero tolerance approach to punctuation.From Publishers WeeklyWho would have thought a book about punctuation could cause such a sensation? Certainly not its modest if indignant author, who began her surprise hit motivated by "horror" and "despair" at the current state of British usage: ungrammatical signs ("BOB,S PETS"), headlines ("DEAD SONS PHOTOS MAY BE RELEASED") and band names ("Hear'Say") drove journalist and novelist Truss absolutely batty. But this spirited and wittily instructional little volume, which was a U.K. #1 bestseller, is not a grammar book, Truss insists; like a self-help volume, it "gives you permission to love punctuation." Her approach falls between the descriptive and prescriptive schools of grammar study, but is closer, perhaps, to the latter. (A self-professed "stickler," Truss recommends that anyone putting an apostrophe in a possessive "its"-as in "the dog chewed it's bone"-should be struck by lightning and chopped to bits.) Employing a chatty tone that ranges from pleasant rant to gentle lecture to bemused dismay, Truss dissects common errors that grammar mavens have long deplored (often, as she readily points out, in isolation) and makes elegant arguments for increased attention to punctuation correctness: "without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning." Interspersing her lessons with bits of history (the apostrophe dates from the 16th century; the first semicolon appeared in 1494) and plenty of wit, Truss serves up delightful, unabashedly strict and sometimes snobby little book, with cheery Britishisms ("Lawks-a-mussy!")  Price: 6.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	2 Truss, Lynne Talk to the Hand Profile Books Ltd 2005 1-86197-933-9 / 9781861979339 Hardcover  Hardback with D/J in very good condition. 2005 1st Profile Books Ltd. The utter bloody rudeness of everyday life (or six good reasons to stay home andbolt the door). As seen on Richard & Judy, November 24, 2005 - 'It's a zeitgeist...people are beginning to get really fed up, so maybe we'll have some kind of quiet revolution.' Sunday Telegraph, October 30, 2005 - 'highly perceptive, passionately argued and extremely funny...a brilliantly nailed truth about contemporary life.' Humour/Manners/Reference. ladylisabooks - used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, exlibrary, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide. ISBN1-86197-933-9. 1861979339.  Price: 4.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart