I’ve heard good things about �Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation� (Gotham; $17.50) by Lynne Truss and plan to pick up a copy. Louis Menand of The New Yorker, however, is unapologetically critical of the bestseller: “The main rule in grammatical form is to stick to whatever rules you start out with, and the most objectionable thing about Truss�s writing is its inconsistency. Either Truss needed a copy editor or her copy editor needed a copy editor.” The last half of the editorial is an interesting comment on writing voice. More info: The New Yorker.
