“This book” was a U.K. #1 bestseller – is there a relationship between the popularity of this book and the popularity of cricket in England?quote:this book!
Interspersing her lessons with bits of history (the apostrophe dates from the 16th century; the first semicolon appeared in 1494)
What a page-turner! It will be difficult to wait for the movie. I wonder who will play the parts of the punctuation marks. Perhaps the acting credits will be something like:
Arnold Schwarzenegger as !
Alex Trebek as ?
The Joker as Alex’s understudy
still casting for the roles of ’, :, ;, ., and ,.
It appears reality imitates humor, or something along those lines. BBC radio productions has/had(?) a “hit series” about punctuation titled “Cutting a Dash” – I’m not making this up. Looks like Big Bird is going to have competition for the Oscar.
I have learned that Greek dramatists gave the world the comma, colon, and period – fascinating. And, I mistakenly thought the Brits were somewhat boring.
This book has over 400 Amazon reviews, PLUS has a 4 star rating – that has to make the Brits proud.
Good news – there’s an audiobook version. I think there’s a certain irony in that. I can’t quite put my hands on it, but give me time and I’ll come up with something. At a minimum, that might explain the book’s success, at least in the States.