I just read the New Yorker article about Truss's book. The punctuation errors in the book that the reviewer pointed out were very similar to my students' common errors. Christine Martin >From: Don Stewart <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: New Yorker article >Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:25:05 -0400 > >It starts off about Truss's "Bad Comma," but then turns into some good >writing about writing. Worth a look. > >http://www.newyorker.com/critics/books/?040628crbo_books1 > >Don Stewart >-- >Keeper of the memory and method of Dr. Francis Christensen. >WriteforCollege.com >The Stewart English Program (epsbooks.com) > >To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface >at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html >and select "Join or leave the list" > >Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ -- Christine Reintjes Martin [log in to unmask] _________________________________________________________________ Planning a family vacation? Check out the MSN Family Travel guide! http://dollar.msn.com To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/