I mean, full stops are quite important, aren't they? Yet by contrast to the versatile apostrophe, they are stolid little chaps, to say the least. In fact one might dare to say that while the full stop is the lumpen… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
Well, start waving and yelling, because it is the so-called Oxford comma and it is a lot more dangerous than its exclusive, ivory-tower moniker might suggest. There are people who embrace the Oxford comma and people who don't, and I'll… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop. — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling. — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The main advantage of working at home is that you get to find out what cats really do all day. — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
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