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Lynne Truss quotes: Using the comma well announces that you have an ear for sense and rhythm, confidence in your style and a proper respect for your reader,

Using the comma well announces that you have an ear for sense and rhythm, confidence in your style and a proper respect for your reader,

Lynne Truss quotes: The main advantage of working at home is that you get to find out what cats really do all day.

The main advantage of working at home is that you get to find out what cats really do all day.

Lynne Truss quotes: is only one thing more mortifying than having an exclamation mark removed by an editor: an exclamation mark added in.

is only one thing more mortifying than having an exclamation mark removed by an editor: an exclamation mark added in.

Lynne Truss quotes: Those spineless types who talk about abolishing the apostrophe are missing the point.

Those spineless types who talk about abolishing the apostrophe are missing the point.

Lynne Truss quotes: Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.

Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.

Lynne Truss quotes: Pretentious and over-active semicolons have reached epidemic proportions in the world of academe, where they are used to gloss over imprecise thought.

Pretentious and over-active semicolons have reached epidemic proportions in the world of academe, where they are used to gloss over imprecise thought.

Lynne Truss quotes: Proper punctuation is both the sign and the cause of clear thinking.

Proper punctuation is both the sign and the cause of clear thinking.

Lynne Truss quotes: Don't pessimism and caution naturally go hand in hand?

Don't pessimism and caution naturally go hand in hand?

Lynne Truss quotes: The way people behave towards each other is a measure of their value as human beings.

The way people behave towards each other is a measure of their value as human beings.

Lynne Truss quotes: Sticklers unite, you have nothing to lose but your sense of proportion, and arguably you didn't have a lot of that to begin with.

Sticklers unite, you have nothing to lose but your sense of proportion, and arguably you didn't have a lot of that to begin with.

Lynne Truss quotes: I hate to be treated as if I'm invisible. I get incensed when people talk across me or refuse to catch my eye in a restaurant or shop.

I hate to be treated as if I'm invisible. I get incensed when people talk across me or refuse to catch my eye in a restaurant or shop.

Lynne Truss quotes: One of the things that all authors of fiction must learn to judge is whether - and in what detail - to describe the face of a character.

One of the things that all authors of fiction must learn to judge is whether - and in what detail - to describe the face of a character.

Lynne Truss quotes: The rule is: don't use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.

The rule is: don't use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.

Lynne Truss quotes: What I have always liked about Brighton is its impersonality. Since the 18th century, people have come, used the place and gone home again.

What I have always liked about Brighton is its impersonality. Since the 18th century, people have come, used the place and gone home again.

Lynne Truss quotes: you know those self-help books that give you permission to love yourself? This one gives you permission to love punctuation.

you know those self-help books that give you permission to love yourself? This one gives you permission to love punctuation.

Lynne Truss quotes: I think about death sometimes. Analytically, of course.

I think about death sometimes. Analytically, of course.

Lynne Truss quotes: I have been told that the dying words of one famous 20th-century writer were, I should have used fewer semicolons

I have been told that the dying words of one famous 20th-century writer were, I should have used fewer semicolons

Lynne Truss quotes: Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.

Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.

Lynne Truss quotes: You don't want to make an enemy of Piers Morgan.

You don't want to make an enemy of Piers Morgan.

Lynne Truss quotes: Jessie had never heard you could inherit madness. She thought madness was something that just happened to people in Shakespeare when the wind got up.

Jessie had never heard you could inherit madness. She thought madness was something that just happened to people in Shakespeare when the wind got up.

Lynne Truss quotes: My favorite thing in the world is a quiz show, 'University Challenge,' so you can see what kind of sad person I am.

My favorite thing in the world is a quiz show, 'University Challenge,' so you can see what kind of sad person I am.

Lynne Truss quotes: Texting is a supremely secretive medium of communication - it's like passing a note - and this means we should be very careful what we use it for.

Texting is a supremely secretive medium of communication - it's like passing a note - and this means we should be very careful what we use it for.

Lynne Truss quotes: I am not against marriage. I lived with someone for 11 years. But we weren't in love, and I thought that was quite important.

I am not against marriage. I lived with someone for 11 years. But we weren't in love, and I thought that was quite important.

Lynne Truss quotes: What one discovers in life, I find, is that one's personality defects don't come and go.

What one discovers in life, I find, is that one's personality defects don't come and go.

Lynne Truss quotes: As with email, the recipient of a texted question seems to have the option to ignore it, while nevertheless saying, 'Hello, lovely day,' and so on.

As with email, the recipient of a texted question seems to have the option to ignore it, while nevertheless saying, 'Hello, lovely day,' and so on.

Lynne Truss quotes: Old radio comedy makes me laugh, as well as 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' and comedians like Paul Merton.

Old radio comedy makes me laugh, as well as 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' and comedians like Paul Merton.

Lynne Truss quotes: All the important roles shortly boiled down to one: remember your with other people; show some consideration.

All the important roles shortly boiled down to one: remember your with other people; show some consideration.

Lynne Truss quotes: To some people, the fact that I am not married, or don't have children, would be the reason I have written a book on punctuation.

To some people, the fact that I am not married, or don't have children, would be the reason I have written a book on punctuation.

Lynne Truss quotes: After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor.

After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor.

Lynne Truss quotes: Why did the Apostrophe Protection Society not have a militant wing? Could I start one? Where do you get balaclavas?

Why did the Apostrophe Protection Society not have a militant wing? Could I start one? Where do you get balaclavas?

Lynne Truss quotes: If colons and semicolons give themselves airs and graces, at least they also confer airs and graces that the language would be lost without.

If colons and semicolons give themselves airs and graces, at least they also confer airs and graces that the language would be lost without.

Lynne Truss quotes: Manners are about imagination, ultimately. They are about imagining being the other person.

Manners are about imagination, ultimately. They are about imagining being the other person.

Lynne Truss quotes: I do needlepoint from kits. I give them as gifts to people in the form of cushion covers and they are often speechless with horror.

I do needlepoint from kits. I give them as gifts to people in the form of cushion covers and they are often speechless with horror.

Lynne Truss quotes: Texting is a fundamentally sneaky form of communication, which we should despise, but it is such a boon we don't care. We are all sneaks now.

Texting is a fundamentally sneaky form of communication, which we should despise, but it is such a boon we don't care. We are all sneaks now.

Lynne Truss quotes: No valentines from the cats again.

No valentines from the cats again.

Lynne Truss quotes: There are people who embrace the Oxford comma and those who don't, and I'll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken.

There are people who embrace the Oxford comma and those who don't, and I'll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken.

Lynne Truss quotes: Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it usually aspiring gangsta rappers who set such store by designer labels?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it usually aspiring gangsta rappers who set such store by designer labels?