Here Comes the Punctuation Vigilante

[Francis M Hult]

>>From Reuters

Here Comes the Punctuation Vigilante
Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:38 AM ET

By Paul Majendie
LONDON (Reuters) - In the land of Shakespeare, punctuation faced extinction until writer Lynne Truss came to the
rescue with a clutch of carefully placed commas and colons.

Taking a zero tolerance approach to grammatical lapses, she wrote a sprightly guide to punctuation, "Eats, shoots and
leaves," that has sold more than half a million copies in Britain alone and soared to the top of bestseller lists.

Now, honing her crusading zeal over misplaced apostrophes, Truss is off to the United States to ensure transatlantic
tidiness reigns supreme on the printed page.

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