This week, Hannah assigns Stephanie her first nonfiction read for the podcast: Lynne Truss’s 2003 “runaway bestseller” Eats, Shoots and Leaves. But will Stephanie simply want to run away from this very British book about punctuation?

What’s the difference between a panda who eats shoots and leaves and a panda who eats, shoots, and leaves? The first is holding bamboo while the second is holding a gun, of course! In her book that takes its name from this joke, Lynne Truss discusses the history, correct usage, and egregious misuse of our most common English punctuation with biting, British wit. Join Hannah and Stephanie this week as they discuss commas, apostrophes, and the evolution of language (alongside no less than three Office references). 

Resources:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/06/28/bad-comma 

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/eats-shoots-leaves-a-humorous-approach-to-punctuation-1.4596010 

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