"...when a phone call competes for attention with……" — Lynne Truss
"...when a phone call competes for attention with a real-world conversation, it wins. Everyone knows the distinctive high-and-dry feeling of being abandoned for a phone call, and of having to compensate - with quite elaborate behaviours = for the sudden half-disappearance of the person we were just speaking to. 'Go ahead!' we say. 'Don't mind us! Oh look, here's a magazine I can read!' When the call is over, other rituals come into play, to minimise the disruption caused and to restore good feeling."
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60 Quotes by Lynne Truss
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The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning.
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Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and…
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The advent of the mobile phone was a disaster. We are forced to listen, open-mouthed, to other people's intimate conversations.…
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The main advantage of working at home is that you get to find out what cats really do all day.
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Do you lend books and DVDs to people? If so, don't you always regret it? All my life I have…
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As someone who sends texts messages more or less non-stop, I enjoy one particular aspect of texting more than anything…
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Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.
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Don't pessimism and caution naturally go hand in hand?
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After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor.
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As with email, the recipient of a texted question seems to have the option to ignore it, while nevertheless saying,…
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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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