Talk:Eats, Shoots and Leaves

In case you don't get the joke in the title....

(one woman to another)

"My man is like one of those big Panda bears, you know, the ones kept in captivity in China."

(other woman)

"Oh? How so?"

(reply)

"All he does is Eats, Shoots and Leaves."

text from article with similar but incorrectly punctuated title, now a redirect

Eats, Shoots and Leaves is a short non-fiction book written by Lynne Truss, a former radio host of a program called Cutting a Dash on the BBC. In her book, Truss details the state of punctuation in the United Kingdom and the United States. The goal of this book is to remind its readers of the importance of punctuation by mixing humor and instruction. Each chapter is devoted to at least one topic of punctuation: apostrophes, commas, semicolons and colons, dashes, hyphens, and finally a chapter devoted solely to the importance of maintaining punctuation rules. Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes, wrote the foreward to the American edition of Eats, Shoots and Leaves. Here, he praises Truss for bringing life back into the art of punctuation. The book was a commercial success in the United Kingdom, and in 2004 became a New York Times bestseller in the United States.

Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Article should be at Eats, Shoots & Leaves, but that redirect currently can't be deleted because of the block-compressed revisions bug. –Hajor 18:19, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

I corrected the publication date, and also remove the "controversial books" category. While some people may disagree with it's punctuation style, I think in the grand scheme of things this is not a controversial book. DJ Clayworth 18:39, 2 May 2005 (UTC)


 * disagree with it's punctuation style


 * Hey, you made a mistake! :) -- Toytoy 03:18, May 3, 2005 (UTC)

Oxford comma
Is it worth mentioning that the majority of punctuation style guides would describe the title of the book as ungrammatical (should be Eats, Shoots, and Leaves - note extra comma)? Proto 14:03, 25 May 2005 (UTC)


 * I suppose, as a kind of fun, circular self-referential thing, you could point that out and then quote what she has to say about the Oxford comma. Does she say anything? –Hajor 01:46, 26 May 2005 (UTC) (Postscript: does she say anything about an Oxford comma before an ampersand? Is that why she chose the title?)


 * If you want to pick on the title, pick on the hyphen. &mdash; mendel &#9742; 01:07, 29 September 2005 (UTC)