We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as...

In simple text and pictures, the author and illustrator create a compendium of small daily moments.

"Proper punctuation isn't just for school teachers. It's for anyone in the workplace who wants to communicate professionally ... and clearly!"--Resource description page

Brief text in rhyme and pictures introduce adjectives and their uses.

Rhyming text and illustrations present explanations of the various types of nouns and rules for their usage.

"Pinker has a lot of ideas and sometimes controversial opinions about writing and in this entertaining and instructive book he rethinks the usage guide for the 21st century. Don't blame the internet, he says, good writing has always been hard. It requires imagination, taking pleasure in reading, overcoming the difficulty we all have in imagining what it's like to not know something we do know"--

Details the history of the English language and provides a unique focus on current English usage worldwide with a special emphasis on American English.