March 30, 2004

My Hero

http://news.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=4701134

Lynne Truss, the author of the punctuation guide Eats, Shoots and Leaves, talks about her war on the enemies of clear writing.

Truss insists that punctuation vigilantes are not nerds who should really get out more. "We are like the little boy in The Sixth Sense who can see dead people, except that we can see dead punctuation," she said.

Amen.

Posted by mike, March 30, 2004 3:37 PM
Comments

I think that some places don't put up apostrophes because they do not have any, but that is only referring to places that have ready-made letters.

In any case, I think some people get carried away with their grammar crusades. That said, I think MORE people get carried away with not using proper grammar at all! It is pretty darned important.

Posted by: shane at March 30, 2004 4:02 PM

I'm always confused by the proper use of commas. They are the bane of my existence.

Posted by: Shawn at March 30, 2004 8:51 PM