Rated of 5
by Kaledrina I HAVE PROOF!
I read "Eat, Shoot & Leaves" last year (when I was twelve). I found astounding proof of Lynne Truss's points whilst scanning Internet forums and moving picture posters for grammatical and punctuational errors just waiting to be spat upon by my inner stickler. For example, from a forum I recently checked, quote:
"hy you are rite clg04 ant dtv the stuff ," end quote.
Lynne Truss clearly used well thought out and organized details to support her claims of grammatical ineptitude in modern day society (was there supposed to be a hyphen between "modern" and "day"?).
Five stars for Lynne Truss. Bravissima.
Rated of 5
by Dr Antony Bradbury Text I found this book to be informative and imaginative. Unfortunately, Lynne has made some errors herself. Page 85, she starts a sentence with 'And'. Of course, I was not looking to for the error, or the three others that I stumbled across. I rate this work as a good 9/10. Well done, Lynne truss. Antony
Rated of 5
by Pam Rider
To all but those who understand punctuaton, this book is a gem. To the knowledgeable, it has a witty title, which has a hyphen error in the subtitle. Some of us have zero tolerance for those who do not know to hyphenate zero-tolerance approach.
Rated of 5
by Les Dundon
Eats: shoots and leaves. Excellent! Amusing and informative. I've just read a review which said, "...finishes by lamenting the lack of punctuation in E-mails." But I say, "Read the book to the end before writing your review." Lynne Truss' final, historically significant, point has nothing to do with E-mails! Read those last few pages, m'lord.
Rated of 5
by Anne Jones
As I read this book, I found myself thinking of commas, semicolons and apostrophes as characters, with their own distinct personalities. This is a very witty read.
Rated of 5
by Tim Payne
I take no issue with the book itself: as far as pedants go, Lynne Truss is about as gentle as you can reasonably expect. But what disappoints me is the licence she takes with regards to the title. An Australian slang word for sexual intercourse is 'root', and the animal referred to in the wild-life manual is a wombat, not a panda. The very old story then goes that the wombat enters an exclusive restaurant, consumes a delightful meal, makes passionate love to the delightful waitress as soon as he pays his bill, and leaves the restaurant amidst astounded stares from other diners. One diner asks the waitress, "Are you OK? Why on earth did he do that?" "I'm OK. He's a wombat, and I am getting used to it." "What do you mean?" The waitress produces a book of Australian wildlife. The entry for wombat reads, 'Wombat. Large furry mammal, endemic to Australia, eats exclusively, roots and leaves." What a shame she did not name and attribute her title accurately?
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