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Lynn Truss Category: 4 Entries
August 20, 2007
Victor Hugo's Exclamation Point
Victor Hugo, when he wanted to know how Les Miserables was selling, reportedly telegraphed his publisher with the single inquiry "?" and received the expressive "!".
—Lynne Truss in her book Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Source: Eats, Shoots & Leaves daily calendar, Thursday, August 16, 2007 entry.
See also:
⇒ Lynne Truss's Home page and;
⇒ Her Eats, Shoots & Leaves page.
WashingtonPost.com's Faces of the Fallen: By Age | 35-year-olds
U.S. Service members who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom
More like this: Famous People | Humorous | Lynn Truss | Punctuation
May 7, 2007
Can Dogs Please?
When signs go up saying "No dogs please", only one person in a thousand bothers to point out that actually, as a statement, "no dogs please" is an indefensible generalisation, since many dogs do please, as a matter of fact; they rather make a point of it.
—Lynne Truss in her book Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Source: Eats, Shoots & Leaves daily calendar, Thursday, May 3, 2007 entry.
See also:
⇒ Lynne Truss's Home page and;
⇒ Her Eats, Shoots & Leaves page.
WashingtonPost.com's Faces of the Fallen: By Age / 18-year-olds
U.S. Service members who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom
More like this: Humorous | Lynn Truss | Punctuation | Teaching
April 20, 2007
Punctuation Can Make a Difference!
Consider the difference:
"The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness:
Prepare ye the way of the Lord." And:
"The voice of him that crieth:
In the wilderness prepare ye the way of the Lord."
—Lynne Truss in her book Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Source: Eats, Shoots & Leaves daily calendar, Thursday, April 20, 2007 entry.
See also:
⇒ Lynne Truss's Home page and;
⇒ Her Eats, Shoots & Leaves page.
WashingtonPost.com's Faces of the Fallen: By Age / 50-year-olds and older
U.S. Service members who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom
More like this: Humorous | Lynn Truss | Punctuation | Teaching
April 11, 2007
Apostrophe Abolition
The day after the abolition of the apostrophe, imagine the scene. Triumphant abolitionist sits down to write, "Goodbye to the apostrophe, we're not missing you a bit!" and finds that he can't.
—Lynne Truss in her book Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Source: Eats, Shoots & Leaves daily calendar, Saturday, April 7, 2007 entry.
See also:
⇒ Lynne Truss's Home page and;
⇒ Her Eats, Shoots & Leaves page.
More like this: Famous People | Humorous | Lynn Truss | Punctuation | Teaching