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Diary Comic: Wordsmith
Eats, Shites, and Leaves by A. Parody
Eats, Shites and Leaves by A. Parody: Clever, but it would have been better had I not already seen most of the material in Anguished English
and forwarded emails. Still, it was a nice little read and I enjoyed learning about the origins of certain cliches. Took me all of a day to read.
Also posted on BookCrossing.
Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss
Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss: What a charming little book! With genuine affection for the subject matter and a large helping of wit, Truss methodically runs down the rules for apostrophes, periods, commas, exclamation points, question marks, dashes, quotation marks, hyphens, and brackets. If the very word “punctuation” causes you to yawn despairingly, this book is probably not for you. However, if you have even a passing interest in communicating more effectively, I heartily recommend picking up a copy. Contrary to popular belief, the purpose of punctuation is not to drive you bats, but to clarify the written word. It’s quite useful, really, as is demonstrated so well in this book. I learned a lot without ever feeling lectured to, and even laughed quite a bit.
Also posted on BookCrossing.