Grammar humor Quote by Lynne Truss Download Open image ““Those spineless types who talk about abolishing the apostrophe are missing the point.”” — Lynne Truss ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Grammar humor
“If this satanic sprinkling of redundant apostrophes causes no little gasp of horror or quickening of the pulse, you should probably put down this… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
“In Beachcomber’s hilarious columns about the Apostropher Royal in The Express, a certain perversely comforting law is often reiterated: the Law of Conservation of… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
“the Law of Conservation of Apostrophes. A heresy since the 13th century, this law states that a balance exists in nature: “For every apostrophe… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
“...by tragic historical coincidence a period of abysmal under-educating in literacy has coincided with this unexpected explosion of global self-publishing. Thus people who don't… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
“A man who will misuse an apostrophe is capable of anything.” Con Houlihan” — John Doyle Copy Share Image
“As if a silver in the egg-and-spoon race was some sort of compensation for not understanding how to use an apostrophe.” — Gail Honeyman 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
“Despite centuries of English literature, the most famous split infinitive in all of history comes from Star Trek.” — R. Curtis Venture Copy Share Image
“When spreading vicious and damaging gossip about the private affairs of others, one must always use proper grammar and posture.” — Scott Rhine Copy Share Image
“Once I start thinking about splitting the skin apart, I literally cannot not do it. I apologize for the double negative, but it’s a… — John Green Copy Share Image
“There's a fine line between funny and annoying – and it's exactly the width of a quotation mark.” — Martha Brockenbrough Copy Share Image
“I decided quickly that committing crimes against grammar was a hard limit for me.” — Sophie Morgan Copy Share Image
“Those who can, do; those who can't, teach; those who can't teach, police grammar on the Internet.” — Ruadhán J. McElroy Copy Share Image
“And that was when I said 'Henry, the placement of the comma depends on whether 'I ate grandmother' or 'I ate, grandmother'.” — Mia Castile Copy Share Image
“Although I don't use it nearly so much anymore, I've decided, five years down the line, that Mr. Treadstone's verdict on 'kind of' was… — Gavin Extence Copy Share Image
“#Twitter: proudly promoting ghastly grammar and silly misspelling since 2006.” — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before--and thus was the… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“When taking Spock to see the spores, Leila comments, "It's not much further." having been beaten about the head severely on the difference between… — Phil Farrand Copy Share Image