despite the erratic trend of my attention span lately, i couldn’t help but flip over a couple of gems from Lynne Truss’s "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" — a lighthearted but informative bible-of-sorts for hapless editors.
i like Lynne Truss’s elegant and incisive way of pointing out the seemingly obvious but too often overlooked items when people rush to express their chaotic thoughts into words.
Here are a few excerpts:
Punctuation marks are the traffic signals that tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.
unconsciously, i find myself nodding in agreement. she attributes this to another writer, but i like the way she pointed it out. For example, consider the following:
The Consequences of Mispunctuation:
A woman, without her man, is nothing
A woman: without her, man is nothing.
see what i mean? sometimes, it’s funny how a couple of mislaid punctuation marks can change your whole perspective. and here’s another charming tickler for punctuation fans.
Charles the First walked and talked half an hour after his head was cut off
huhh? apparently, the answer lies this way:
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hi po, sorry for the inconvenience, i’ve moved to http://bigbadej.blogspot.com
i have a new blog, but i’m keeping the old one. http://songsofmordsith.blogspot.com/
hello onyxx, I have a new site! Please do visit me there: kg.bahay-bahayan.com.
whoah! i.Ph is back online? finally!!!
Musta po? I’ve moved in here at i.ph. Added you to my links po…Thanks!
visiting.
sabi sa yo e. i think i wrote an entry once about how i bawled when i watched it. it’ll probably be a long time before i’ll watch it again (preferably when i’m alone, so no one can hear me bawl). this is why i love miyazaki’s films
onyxx, seen grave of the fireflies? kahapon lang namin napanood - grabe, pinaka-depressing anime na nakita ko! grace cried herself to sleep! war is hell!
hello! have a great year!
Christmas blog hop!
thanks jo. ni-link na din kita
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dropping by..say hello
Nagkataon lang na mgakasunod ang trips. addictive kasi magtravel. he! he!
matumal nga ang pagkita. not even enough for the withdrawal fee. haha. thanks for dropping by my site!
