Though she has persuaded herself otherwise, Truss doesn\u2019t want people to care about correctness. She wants them to care about writing and about using the full resources of the language. \u201cEats, Shoots & Leaves\u201d is really a \u201cdecline of print culture\u201d book disguised as a style manual (poorly disguised).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Menand\u2019s criticisms are fun to read, but they don\u2019t stop me from enjoying Truss\u2019 work immensely. Truss makes thinking about grammar fun, which is why her work is among my top recommended references for writers. I hope you\u2019ll join me in adding her work to your book collection, hopefully via my affiliate link, which you can get to via the link on her title.<\/p>\n
Truss, Lynne. Eats, Shoots & Leaves. The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation.<\/em> New York: Gotham Books, 2003, ISBN 1861976127.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you think grammar can’t be fun, this book is definitely for you. As Louis Menand points out in his detailed criticism of Truss\u2019s book,\u00a0Truss\u2019s goal is inspiration not perfection. Though she has persuaded herself otherwise, Truss doesn\u2019t want people to care about correctness. 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