Commas Like Quotes by Lynne Truss

Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.

— Lynne Truss

Evidently an A level in English is a sacred trust, like something out of "The Lord of the Rings". You must go forth with…

— Lynne Truss

Texting is a supremely secretive medium of communication - it's like passing a note - and this means we should be very careful what…

— Lynne Truss

“Part of one's despair, of course, is that the world cares nothing for the little shocks endured by the sensitive stickler. While we look…

— Lynne Truss

For any true stickler, you see, the sight of the plural word “Book’s” with an apostrophe in it will trigger a ghastly private emotional…

— Lynne Truss

Brackets come in various shapes, types and names: 1 round brackets (which we call brackets, and the Americans call parentheses) 2 square brackets [which…

— Lynne Truss

Texting is a fundamentally sneaky form of communication, which we should despise, but it is such a boon we don't care. We are all…

— Lynne Truss

My favorite thing in the world is a quiz show, 'University Challenge,' so you can see what kind of sad person I am.

— Lynne Truss

“nothing is straightforward in the world of literary taste.”

— Lynne Truss

Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.

— Lynne Truss

“one might dare to say that while the full stop is the lumpen male of the punctuation world (do one job at a time;…

— Lynne Truss

The main advantage of working at home is that you get to find out what cats really do all day.

— Lynne Truss