The release date for the English version of 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation' by
Lynne Truss is Apr 2006. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The use of careless punctuation on the internet, in emails, and increasingly in "txt msgs" has led to a decline in its use. Former editor Lynne Truss dares to argue in "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" that it's time to stop using commas and semicolons and start appreciating them for the amazing and useful tools they are. So be it if the only people who still care are pedants. This book is meant for those who adore punctuation and get agitated when it is used incorrectly. This entertaining history makes a strong case for the preservation of a system of printing rules that is much too nuanced to be messed with, from George Orwell's rejection of the semicolon to "New Yorker" editor Harold Ross's epic disputes with James Thurber over commas.