Mean Quote by Lynne Truss Download Open image “The rule is: don’t use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.” — Lynne Truss ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Mean Persons Stupid Stupid person Use
On occasion I omit commas. On occasion, I use them. (The more you know about English, the less you're likely to think there are… — Bill Walsh Copy Share Image
I am gennerally understood tho I do not use that awkward squad of pointings called commas colons semicolons etc. — John Clare Copy Share Image
It's always nice to end your sentences with an exclamation mark, and not a comma. — Joey Santiago Copy Share Image
“When it comes to matters of the comma, don’t follow your heart—follow the rules.” — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
Grammar is important. For instance, commas save lives: Let's eat grandpa. Lets eat, grandpa. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“How anybody can compose a story by word of mouth face to face with a bored-looking secretary with a notebook is more than I… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
The comma, if it's left out, sometimes can be a problem. There's a slogan on a T-shirt going around that "Let's Eat, Grandma," and… — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
I like to use as few commas as possible so that sentences will go down in one swallow without touching the sides. — Pamela Frankau Copy Share Image
No matter what any of the grammar teachers say, punctuation is an arbitrary matter. It should be used to make sentences clear. — Andy Rooney 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
That we have the vote means nothing. That we use it in the right way means everything. — Lou Henry Hoover Copy Share Image
The problem posed by indirect speech acts is the problem of how it is possible for the speaker to say one thing and mean… — John Searle Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or Chinese pottery.… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
I painted the words "GREAT ADVENTURE" in Beijing, Dallas, San Francisco, Copenhagen, and Japan. What it means to me is completely different to everybody… — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Being blonde, for me, means never having to say: 'I'll have the honey-striped half-head of highlights for £200,' to a bored colourist in a… — Rachel Johnson Copy Share Image
It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean? — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
You have expressive nationalism, I mean very identity driven, which shaped each other a lot of that in the Middle East. — Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Copy Share Image
The one means that wins the easiest victory over reason is terror and force. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image