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008			080210s2008 nyua 000 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781592403912
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781592403912
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090			_aPE 1450 .T75 2004
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100	1		_aTruss, Lynne.
245	1	0	_aEats, shoots & leaves : _bthe zero toleration approach to punctuation / _cby Lynne Truss ; illustrated by Pat Byrnes.
246	3		_aEats, shoots and leaves
250			_aIllustrated ed.
260			_aNew York : _bGotham Books _cc2008.
300			_a176 p. : _bcol. ill. ; _c25 cm.
500			_a"Originally published in Great Britain in 2003 by Profile Books, Ltd."--T.p. verso.
500			_aWith a foreword by Frank McCourt (2004).
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 172-173).
505	0		_aIntroduction: The seventh sense -- The tractable apostrophe -- That'll do, comma -- Airs and graces -- Cutting a dash -- A little used punctuation mark -- Merely conventional signs.
520			_aWe all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled. From the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, this lively history makes a powerful case for the preservation of a system of printing conventions that is much too subtle to be mucked about with.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xPunctuation.
700	1		_aByrnes, Pat.
700	1		_aMcCourt, Frank.
999			_c126516 _d126516