Have you read this book yet? I know it used to be very popular, a runaway bestseller, I'd heard of it before but never read it. I actually didn't know what it was about. Then at Christmas I bought myself Talk to the Hand (which I still haven't read) by Lynne Truss. That made me curious about this one.
Who knew you could write an entire book on punctuation? Amend that. Who knew you could write an entire enjoyable book on punctuation? The more writing I've done lately the more I've been thinking I needed to read this book (I'll be the first to tell you I know nothing about grammar, those rules just never stuck with me). Lo and behold it did answer two of my most pressing punctuation questions! I now know when it's appropriate to use a comma and when it should be a semi-colon (do you?). Rejoice, rejoice! Although I dod suspect my husband and I will continue to bicker about whether any one particular comma is needed or not when he edits my work. I also learnt what the rules of using a dash are (apparently their are none - or very few). I feel enlightened - almost confident.
Have I ever told you I love the British? It might be a left-over bias, what with my family being British, but I can't say for sure. Mostly I love their sense of humor. No one can make me laugh like a Brit. Which completely explains how a book on commas and semi-colons can be so very funny. I kid you not. Laugh out loud, disturb the whole family and have to say "Never mind, never mind, you won't get it." funny. Now I can't wait to read the Talk to the Hand book which started me off in the first place. I'm almost tempted to save it up, like the very last piece of cake that you hide until you really need it (or until it won't be edible any longer; whichever emergency comes first).
In short, my advice is read the book. Read the book if you know all about punctuation, read the book if you could careless about where a period goes when youhave quotes; it doesn't matter; you'll enjoy it either way.
I suppose now that I'm back to the blogging I should update the "What I'm Reading" category so it's no longer so out of date. I finished those books months ago! (I hope none of you were waiting for my comments on them.)