Title: Enjoyable and clearly stated
Product review: While I could do without Lynne Truss' rather long passages describing the history of each component of punctuation (e.g., the evolution of the apostrophe over time), her presentation of correct usage is crystal clear. Never have the rules of usage and their corresponding examples seemed so obvious. Credit for that triumph goes to Ms. Truss, who has given considerable thought to the pithy categorizations and relevant examples that comprise the backbone of her work.Two wonderful features of the book are:> Examples of bad punctuation pulled from popular culture, the best example being (ahem) an amazon reader review.> Passages repeated verbatim that imply a 180-degree different meaning the second time around simply by dint of using different punctuation. Magical stuff.
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