Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00801)

A true one from my local newspaper, about a soccer player's efforts " he was 
clean through with the ball at his feet and an open goal, but he lost his 
head and kicked it over the crossbar...."
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From: "mazes John" <GodLovesEveryone.org@gmail.com>
To: "TheosTalk" <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 6:32 AM
Subject: Theos-World Grammar: Eats, Shoots, and Leaves


> Since we were talking about grammar earlier, I was reminded about a
> delightful book title "Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance
> Approach to Punctuation."
>
> You can see an excerpt from the book here:
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/1592400876/ref=nosim/recommendations
>
> As I recall, it is based on a joke about a Panda who walks into a
> restaurant, orders a meal, then when he finishes the meal, pulls out a
> gun, shoots the waiter, and departs.
>
> The restaurant owner follows him outside and asks why he did it. The
> panda answers, "Just look it up in the dictionary" and hands him a book.
>
> The owner looks up the entry for Panda, and finds the entry, "an animal
> which eats, shoots and leaves."
>
> Of course, for all of us who know punctuation, that should be "an animal
> which eats shoots and leaves" (shoots and leaves are nouns when the
> comma is not there. With the comma, shoots and leaves are verbs.
>
> It gives examples of the many abhorable things that people do with
> English. For example, many of us receive e-mails inviting us to
> "purchase CD's, VIDEO's, DVD's, and more". Grammatically, of course,
> that should be CDs, VIDEOs, DVDs and more."
>
> You can read an excerpt from the book by clicking the link
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/1592400876/ref=nosim/recommendations
>
> and the author apparently has her own website, what else?
> www.eatsshootsandleaves.com
>
> For the sticklers in this group, a funny book to borrow from your
> library. It reached #1 in the UK shortly after it came out. I understand
> it's a popular book in the USA also.
>
> Hopefully, nobody will use this book as an excuse to ask all of us to
> use punctuation better.
>
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