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|title=Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!

|author=Lynne Truss

|date=September 2006

|isbn=1861978162

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Commas are important. One comma can change the meaning of a sentence completely. Lynne Truss knows it and thanks to Lynne Truss, over three million more of us know it. Her book, "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" was a surprise best seller a couple of years back. Now she's turned her attention to children with a junior version of the book, devoted to commas. Truss has an uphill struggle. Punctuation has never been top on a child's list of priorities. I've seen the text messages my son sends to his friends. They don't contain full stops, let alone commas. I pulled him up just the other day for sending an email that said there instead of their. "I know it's wrong," he said, "But it's the fashion." I wept into my cup of tea and made it all salty.