Lynn Truss's book, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation offers a blunt humorous defense of proper punctuation. The author focuses primarily on British punctuation, but she adds a few comparisons to American usage where there is a distinct difference.
I appreciate the quotes in the book from famous authors illustrating the proper use of punctuation. The comma, employed by a master writer, can be used to bounce a sentence along. The comma delineated items hold the reader in suspense until at last the period releases the tension.
Lynn Truss - 15 minutes
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