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The Joys of Punctuation

Posted by Morse on December 01, 2003

In Reply to: The Joys of Punctuation posted by Word Camel on December 01, 2003

: This looks good.

: Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss

: Here's an excerpt from the review: '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.'

: Enjoy,

: Camelita

We are currently investigating numerous unmarked graves in and around Oxford and, if the misuse of the apostrophe is behind any of them, be assured we'll get to the bottom of it.

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