Lynne Truss - Word Quotes

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Previously, people said 'you know?' and 'know what I'm saying?' at the end of every sentence. Now they don't bother with the words and just use the question marks, to save time. Everything ends up becoming a question? I'm talking about statements? It's getting quite annoying?

Lynne Truss

It is no accident that the word 'punctilious' (attentive to formality or etiquette) comes from the same original root word as punctuation.... Our writing has always been offered in a spirit of helpfulness, to underline meaning and prevent awkward misunderstandings between writer and reader.

Lynne Truss

This is an exciting time for the written word: it is adapting to the ascendant medium, which happens to be the most immediate, universal and democratic written medium that has ever existed.

Lynne Truss