{"product_id":"eats-shoots-leaves-2","title":"Eats, Shoots \u0026 Leaves","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond-Hand\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp itemprop=\"name\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp itemprop=\"name\"\u003eA look at most neighbourhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp itemprop=\"name\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eEats, Shoots \u0026amp; Leaves\u003c\/em\u003e, former editor Lynne Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp itemprop=\"name\"\u003eThis is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp itemprop=\"name\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, this lively history makes a powerful case for the preservation of a system of printing conventions that is much too subtle to be mucked about with.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lynne Truss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43198200676521,"sku":null,"price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/truss.jpg?v=1692753907","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/eats-shoots-leaves-2","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}