Part of the review by Publishers Weekly says "Readers intimidated by style manuals and Lynne Truss will enjoy this populist grammar reference." Intimidated by Lynne Truss? How populist can you go? (Or how dumb can you go down?)
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April 05, 2006, 09:39
Dianthus
I haven't read it, but now you've brought it to my attention I'll keep an eye out for it !
April 05, 2006, 12:24
BobHale
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Originally posted by arnie: Part of the review by Publishers Weekly says "Readers intimidated by style manuals and Lynne Truss will enjoy this populist grammar reference." Intimidated by Lynne Truss? How populist can you go? (Or how dumb can you go down?)
Maybe there should be some commas in the sentence.
Readers intimidated by style manuals, and Lynne Truss, will enjoy this populist grammar reference.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
April 05, 2006, 16:07
Duncan Howell
The publisher's comments include mention of "suicidal pandas...". I don't think the publisher read Lynn Truss very closely.
April 05, 2006, 18:50
<Asa Lovejoy>
Maybe a suicidal panderer? Oops, in Eats, Shoots and Leaves Truss disparages emoticons. Wellllll, tough! One can't see my expression when I write, and I'm not of her calibre when it comes to expressing myself, so the emotican stays.
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Oops, in Eats, Shoots and Leaves Truss disparages emoticons. Wellllll, tough! One can't see my expression when I write, and I'm not of her calibre when it comes to expressing myself, so the emotican stays.