Eats, shoots & leaves : the zero tolerance approach to punctuation (Record no. 13149)
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| fixed length control field | 01814nam a2200205 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 1861976771 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781861976772 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 428.2 |
| Item number | TRU |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Truss, Lynne ; |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Eats, shoots & leaves : the zero tolerance approach to punctuation |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London : |
| Name of publisher | Profile Books, |
| Year of publication | 2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiv, 209 p. : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Included Bibliography. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction --<br/>the seventh sense --<br/>The tractable apostrophe --<br/>That'll do, comma --<br/>Airs and graces --<br/>Cutting a dash --<br/>A little used punctuation mark --<br/>Merely conventional signs. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The spirited and scholarly #1 New York Times bestseller combines boisterous history with grammar how-tos to show how important punctuation is in our worldperiod.<br/>In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss, gravely concerned about our current grammatical state, boldly defends proper punctuation. She proclaims, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. Using examples from literature, history, neighborhood signage, and her own imagination, Truss shows how meaning is shaped by commas and apostrophes, and the hilarious consequences of punctuation gone awry.<br/><br/>Featuring a foreword by Frank McCourt, and interspersed with a lively history of punctuation from the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, Eats, Shoots & Leaves makes a powerful case for the preservation of proper punctuation. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | English language -- Punctuation. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 19/09/2008 | Purchased | 475.00 | 411 TRU | 011294 | Reference Books |