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It is sad to think people are no longer learning how to use the colon muses grammarian lynne truss in eats, shoots and leaves, not least because, in this supreme qwerty keyboard era, the little finger of the human right hand, deprived of its traditional function, may eventually dwindle and drop off from disuse. Not a reference book as such, but a humourous guide to the modern use of punctuation and why it is so important to maintain standards without being too rigid. Buy a discounted paperback of eats, shoots and leaves online from australias leading online bookstore. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air. She proclaims, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very english way, that it is. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages. This book is about punctuation, but is not as dull as the subject might suggest. Publication date 2005 topics english language, english language, zeichensetzung publisher. To actually call these colons by name syntacticaldeductive, appositive, etc.
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