Hi everyone!
I'm reading a great book on punctuation at the moment (never thought I'd say that!
) called 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves'.
It explains how massively important punctuation can be, and how frustrating it is when people seem to disregard it! I would recommend it to any punctuation-nazis (like me)!
I haven't read much of the book, but I'd like to add two examples I've read already that I really like.
The first is the title of the book and the story goes;
A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons.
“Why?” asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
“Well, I'm a panda,” he says at the door. “Look it up.”
The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. “Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.”
This is the second;
Man: Without, women are nothing
Man: Without women, are nothing
Which actually made me laugh out loud! I think I'll remember that forever!
See how important a comma can be?
Wikipedia has a brilliant page with a couple more on it;
Amphibology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I was just wondering if anyone had any more to add!?
Happy Friday everyone!
J
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