"The rule is: dont use commas like a……" — Lynne Truss

"The rule is: dont use commas like a stupid person. I mean it."

— Lynne Truss

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60 Quotes by Lynne Truss

Lynne Truss has 60 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.
The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning.
Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and…
The advent of the mobile phone was a disaster. We are forced to listen, open-mouthed, to other people's intimate conversations.…
The main advantage of working at home is that you get to find out what cats really do all day.
Do you lend books and DVDs to people? If so, don't you always regret it? All my life I have…
As someone who sends texts messages more or less non-stop, I enjoy one particular aspect of texting more than anything…
Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.
Don't pessimism and caution naturally go hand in hand?
After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor.
As with email, the recipient of a texted question seems to have the option to ignore it, while nevertheless saying,…
I am not against marriage. I lived with someone for 11 years. But we weren't in love, and I thought…

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More Commas Quotes

This quote is filed under Commas Quotes, one of 31 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

I am gennerally understood tho I do not use that awkward squad of pointings called commas colons semicolons etc. — John Clare
I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and… — Louis Aragon
Poets are interested mostly in death and commas. — Carolyn Kizer
I like to use as few commas as possible so that sentences will go down in one swallow without touching… — Unknown Author
In conversation you can use timing, a look, an inflection. But on the page all you have is commas, dashes,… — Fran Lebowitz
The commas are the most useful and usable of all the stops. It is highly important to put them in… — Lewis Thomas
All that remains is for a few dots and commas to be crossed. — Unknown Author
I have been fighting over commas all my life. — Mark Helprin
I have to do this, as long as it is at all possible; for if those who are obliged to… — Karl Kraus
Speak and live in simple sentences. Bring closure -- put a period to -- those experiences that you don't want… — Iyanla Vanzant
What makes a good editor is staying the hell out of the way as much as possible. ... If you're… — Mark Waid
Read him slowly, dear girl, you must read Kipling slowly. Watch carefully where the commas fall so you can discover… — Michael Ondaatje

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