History Literature / EatsShootsAndLeaves

** Even the title is grammatically incorrect since there should be a comma after "shoots".

** Ironically, the title is also grammatically incorrect; it should be "eats, shoots, and leaves".

** Ironically, the title also grammatically incorrect; it should be "eats, shoots, and leaves".

** Ironically, it's also grammatically incorrect; it should be "eats, shoots, and leaves".

* CompletelyMissingThePoint: In the retrospective introduction, Truss describes the Defeatist Bookshop Woman, who goes to her book signing bemoaning her lack of grammatical knowledge, but fails to seek out the solution right in front of her and then leaves.

* [[GrammarNazi Grammar Wank]]: The topic of the book.

** The errors begin as early as the subtitle, for those who maintain that "zero-tolerance" should have a hyphen ([[http://www.grammar.cl/english/compound-adjectives.htm It's a compound adjective]].

The author remains a senior journalist for the ''Times'', the [[BritishNewspapers British Newspaper]] with the strictest and most prescriptive attitude to English grammar. They take grammar, punctuation and spelling ''very seriously'' on this paper. And it shows.

''Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation'' (was the colon the right mark to use for a book title with a subheading?) by Lynne Truss is a book about punctuation and how often it is misused. The title comes from a joke about a panda who walks into a café, orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots into the air, producing a poorly punctuated wildlife manual as explanation. It is meant to be humorous, but informative. (Wait, [[WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma was that comma necessary?]])

** The errors begin as early as the subtitle, for those who maintain that "zero-tolerance" should have a hyphen ([[http://www.grammar.cl/english/compound-adjectives.htm It's a compound adjective]].)

The author remains a senior journalist for the London '''Times''', the [[BritishNewspapers British Newspaper]] with the strictest and most prescriptive attitude to English grammar. They take grammar, punctuation and spelling ''very seriously'' on this paper. And it shows.

Has been compared to "''Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers'', but not about dead folks."

** The errors begin as early as the subtitle, for those who maintain that "zero-tolerance" should have a hyphen [[(http://www.grammar.cl/english/compound-adjectives.htm It's a compound adjective)]].

** The errors begin as early as the subtitle, for those who maintain that "zero-tolerance" should have a hyphen.

* {{Americanization}}: A publisher's note in the American version notes that attempts to Americanize the book would be both futile and misguided, and Truss makes note of the differences between American and British names for certain punctuation marks on occasion. Interestingly enough, the publisher's note in question uses the etymologically correct American spelling for "Americanize" (whereas the British would spell it "Americanise"), but then uses the etymologically incorrect British spelling for "humour". (They're both [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling Oxford Spelling]].)

* {{Americanization}}: A publisher's note in the American version notes that attempts to Americanize the book would be both futile and misguided, and Truss makes note of the differences between American and British names for certain punctuation marks on occasion. Interestingly enough, the publisher's note in question uses the American spelling for "Americanize" (whereas the British would spell it "Americanise"), but then uses the British spelling for "humour".
** They're both [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling Oxford Spelling]].

The author remains a senior journalist for the London times, the [[BritishNewspapers British Newspaper]] with the strictest and most prescriptive attitude to English grammar.

* UsefulNotes/{{Britain}}: A publisher's note in the American version notes that attempts to Americanize the book would be both futile and misguided, and Truss makes note of the differences between American and British names for certain punctuation marks on occasion. Interestingly enough, the publisher's note in question uses the American spelling for "Americanize" (whereas the British would spell it "Americanise"), but then uses the British spelling for "humour".

* Creator/AntonChekhov: Referenced; apparently he did a short story on punctuation, a [[YetAnotherChristmasCarol parody of]] ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''. His more well-known ''The Cherry Orchard'' is also briefly mentioned.

* Creator/AntonChekhov: Referenced; apparently he did a short story on punctuation, a [[YetAnotherChristmasCarol parody of]] ''AChristmasCarol''. His more well-known ''The Cherry Orchard'' is also briefly mentioned.

* AntonChekhov: Referenced; apparently he did a short story on punctuation, a [[YetAnotherChristmasCarol parody of]] ''AChristmasCarol''. His more well-known ''The Cherry Orchard'' is also briefly mentioned.