Lynne Truss Quotes

Lynne Truss is an English author, journalist, novelist, and radio broadcaster and dramatist. She is arguably best known for her championing of correctness and aesthetics in the English language, which is the subject of her popular and widely discussed 2003 book, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. The book was inspired by a BBC Radio 4 show about punctuation, Cutting a Dash, which she presented.

Besides her promotion of linguistic prescription and commentary on English grammar, Truss has written many radio plays, both comedic and dramatic. She has also written novels, and grammar guides for children. Wikipedia  

✵ 31. May 1955
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Famous Lynne Truss Quotes

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

Source: Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

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

Source: Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

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

Source: Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door

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