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Book Review of Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!

Eats, Shoots  &  Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!
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A dose of punctuation is offered, with a spoonful of sugar so that it goes down in the most delightful way. The 'foreword' demonstrates the misunderstanding when a panda is said to
"Eats, shoots and leaves" rather than "Eats shoots and leaves."
Readers are invited to 'look inside for evidence that commas really do make a difference." My rating is based on the assumption that the reader is interested.
The format is double pages with identical sentences differently punctuated and each with a drawing contrasting the meaning if well or badly punctuated. The last two pages of the text offer explanations of each example.