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Book on punctuation wins top prize

April 13, 2004 - 5:45pm — Amke

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"A book about punctuation, an unlikely best seller in any year, won the top prize Wednesday at the British Book Awards ceremonies.

Eats, Shoots & Leaves, a lighthearted look at the pitfalls of apostrophes and rampant commas, won the book of the year award for author Lynne Truss.
Alexander McCall Smith, author of a series of a very popular books about the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, was named author of the year."

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April 13, 2004 - 7:19pm — Fang-Face

Punctured botheration

My own favorite, quintessential example of why the proper and full use of the serial comma is so necessary is and continues to be: To my parents, Ayn Rand and God.

I like the title of that book though; as rife as it is with innuendo.

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April 13, 2004 - 10:05pm — thesaint

This is a book I will not purchase

Be'cause my own, punctuation skills' are non:pariel}

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