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  by rburton

• Current

Type: educational

Status: finished

Author: Lynne Truss

Tags: writing

Description: Thought that I would enjoy this, being one who usually likes to delve into the minute detailsThought that I would enjoy this, being one who usually likes to delve into the minute details of things. It did do that, but got mired in too much history and other unnecessary material....

2007-01-27

  by elize

• Current

Type: educational

Status: —

Author: Lynne Truss

Description: It's a great book for grammar. Funny too.

2006-08-01

  by wheatonchica

• Current

Type: educational

Status: liked

Author: Lynne Truss

Description: It's a great book for grammar. Funny too.

2006-07-17

  by teebee

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: favorite

Author: Lynne Truss

Tags: english writing grammar reference punctuation

2006-06-26

  by dreamer98

• Current

Type: educational

Status: —

Author: Lynne Truss

Description: It's a great book for grammar. Funny too.

2006-01-21

  by assula

• Current

Type: educational

Status: now reading

Author: Lynne Truss

Tags: grammar

Description: A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shotsA panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says, at the door. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.
"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
So, Punctuation really does matter, even if it is only occasionally a matter of life and death. ...

2005-11-25

  by krin5292

• Current

Type: educational

Status: —

Author: Lynne Truss

Tags: english grammar teaching

Description: It's a great book for grammar. Funny too.

2005-10-19

  by alltheseworlds

• Current

Type: educational

Status: I recommend

Author: Lynne Truss

2005-09-21

  by itsnotvalid

• Current

Type: educational

Status: I recommend

Author: Lynne Truss

Tags: english grammar teaching

Description: It's a great book for grammar. Funny too.

2005-09-03