She does say that people who put an apostrophe in the wrong place, when they ought to know better, deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave, but it’s probably mostly in fun. —Oliver Pritchett reviews Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, by Lynne Truss —Pay attention: it’s important! (The Telegraph)
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Marvelous! This book is going on my Christmas wish-list. I would love to know what punishment the author would dole out for this sort of sentence treatment:
!!Pay attention !!
(I hope I’d be allowed to contribute a few mean ideas.)
Jeez, Dr. Jerz, you come up with the best stuff!! I’m shamelessly stealing this one from you for Spinning. I’ve been called out for serious infractions on the use of the semicolon!