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 Post subject: Book: Eats, Shoots & Leaves
PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:36 pm 
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So I finally got around to reading this and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it. I wasn't sure if a book based entirely on the correct use of punctuation could maintain my attention, but it really is a great read. Almost like the Fever Pitch of punctuation obsessives. It's given me a newfound desire to use the semicolon.

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If you liked that book, you might also appreciate these:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... s&n=507846

The New Well Tempered Sentence : A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed (Hardcover)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... ce&s=books

The Deluxe Transitive Vampire : A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager and the Doomed (Hardcover)

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I liked it. I keep it around as a referrence.

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I've never read it, but my wife keeps telling me to read it. She really enjoyed it.

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I really liked it too. I'm always catching shit for my use of the Oxford comma (also known as the serial comma), so it was nice to have some validation.

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I have that laying around...i think I shall give it a chance :)

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I started it.

I got bored after a chapter or so, and I normally like making fun of bad punctuation. Maybe I read too much at a time.

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I'd like to read it as well.

Another good book, especially for reference purposes, is "Woe is I"


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$úñ_DëV|L wrote:
I started it.

I got bored after a chapter or so, and I normally like making fun of bad punctuation. Maybe I read too much at a time.


It's kinda downhill after the commas and apostrophes.

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I loved it...but I'm a geek. And I have such traumatic issue with serial commas...

This one is really good too:

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As unserious as it sounds, it truly is a book about how to swear in a grammatically correct way.

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