12/15/2003
Dot your 'i' and cross your 't'
Dot your 'i' and cross your 't'
“ The English have always been persnickety about punctuation, but a little book about commas, apostrophes and semicolons is making quite a pointed exclamation.” writes Charles Goldsmith in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL about this small time book written on punctuation which has become a surprise hit with readers. I quote from the article:
The book is "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Lynne Truss, a 48-year-old longtime literary editor,. Its title refers to a joke about a panda that walks into a cafe, eats a sandwich, fires a gun and walks out. But as its subtitle -- "A Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation" -- suggests, its topic is no laughing matter to many in Britain who remain punctilious about their punctuation.
The book's reputation spread largely by word of mouth, though it did make use of some marketing gimmicks, including a T-shirt that on the front says, "A woman, without her man, is nothing," and on the back says, "A woman: without her, man is nothing."
The book is due to appear in the U.S. next spring.
Another Example of the Brits’ love for the right punctuation is John Richards. An 80-year-old retired copy editor at several regional newspapers, Mr. Richards says he "got fed up with correcting reporters' copy, so I decided to do something about it" by founding the small society. Apostrophe Protection Society in Boston, a town in northern England. It has its own website which has examples of misuse of the apostrophe It has its own website which has examples of misuse of the apostrophe
The book is "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Lynne Truss, a 48-year-old longtime literary editor,. Its title refers to a joke about a panda that walks into a cafe, eats a sandwich, fires a gun and walks out. But as its subtitle -- "A Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation" -- suggests, its topic is no laughing matter to many in Britain who remain punctilious about their punctuation.
The book's reputation spread largely by word of mouth, though it did make use of some marketing gimmicks, including a T-shirt that on the front says, "A woman, without her man, is nothing," and on the back says, "A woman: without her, man is nothing."
The book is due to appear in the U.S. next spring.
Another Example of the Brits’ love for the right punctuation is John Richards. An 80-year-old retired copy editor at several regional newspapers, Mr. Richards says he "got fed up with correcting reporters' copy, so I decided to do something about it" by founding the small society. Apostrophe Protection Society in Boston, a town in northern England. It has its own website which has examples of misuse of the apostrophe It has its own website which has examples of misuse of the apostrophe
Comments:
Post a Comment
