Flingo
25th February 2007, 09:48 PM
Rescued Thread
Flingo 23rd September 2006 02:15 PM
Lynne Truss has always wanted to do a children's version of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, and now with the help of illustrator Bonnie Timmons she has.
Why, Commas Really DO Make a Difference! is an inspired Picture Book, that uses the artwork to demonstrate how a comma will change the meaning of a phrase.
eg
Becky walked on, her head a little higher than usual
compared to
Becky walked on her head, a little higher than usual
Each double page spread uses one sentence with relevant illustration, versus the opposite page with the alternative.
Having said in the "adult" Eats, Shoots and Leaves thread, I got very muddled with the adult book, this is much more on my level. I am looking forward to seeing the apostrophe picture book!
minxminnie 24th September 2006 06:37 PM
This sounds a great idea!
My favourite illustration of the power of the comma came from a muddled news item on radio - I couldn't work out where the commas were, and the meaning really depended on them:
An elderly Swiss woman this week withdrew her life savings and shredded the 80,000 Swiss francs so that her daughter would not inherit the money. The woman said her daughter had neglected her and lived a selfish life, and did not deserve to inherit any money from her.
She put the 80,000 worth of banknotes through a shredding machine and gave the strips to her daughter, who lives in Frankfurt in a bin bag.
An elderly Swiss woman this week withdrew her life savings and shredded the 80,000 Swiss francs so that her daughter would not inherit the money. The woman said her daughter had neglected her and lived a selfish life, and did not deserve to inherit any money from her.
She put the 80,000 worth of banknotes through a shredding machine and gave the strips to her daughter, who lives in Frankfurt, in a bin bag.
Flingo 23rd September 2006 02:15 PM
Lynne Truss has always wanted to do a children's version of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, and now with the help of illustrator Bonnie Timmons she has.
Why, Commas Really DO Make a Difference! is an inspired Picture Book, that uses the artwork to demonstrate how a comma will change the meaning of a phrase.
eg
Becky walked on, her head a little higher than usual
compared to
Becky walked on her head, a little higher than usual
Each double page spread uses one sentence with relevant illustration, versus the opposite page with the alternative.
Having said in the "adult" Eats, Shoots and Leaves thread, I got very muddled with the adult book, this is much more on my level. I am looking forward to seeing the apostrophe picture book!
minxminnie 24th September 2006 06:37 PM
This sounds a great idea!
My favourite illustration of the power of the comma came from a muddled news item on radio - I couldn't work out where the commas were, and the meaning really depended on them:
An elderly Swiss woman this week withdrew her life savings and shredded the 80,000 Swiss francs so that her daughter would not inherit the money. The woman said her daughter had neglected her and lived a selfish life, and did not deserve to inherit any money from her.
She put the 80,000 worth of banknotes through a shredding machine and gave the strips to her daughter, who lives in Frankfurt in a bin bag.
An elderly Swiss woman this week withdrew her life savings and shredded the 80,000 Swiss francs so that her daughter would not inherit the money. The woman said her daughter had neglected her and lived a selfish life, and did not deserve to inherit any money from her.
She put the 80,000 worth of banknotes through a shredding machine and gave the strips to her daughter, who lives in Frankfurt, in a bin bag.