Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Revision history

7 April 2024

• curprev 11:2811:28, 7 April 2024‎ BalaM314 talk contribs‎ m 8,923 bytes −38‎ →‎Title: not necessary to mention that it's on the back cover, that sentence is already quite long undo

22 February 2024

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17 February 2024

• curprev 16:4016:40, 17 February 2024‎ Eric talk contribs‎ m 9,072 bytes −35‎ De-link common terms (by script) per MOS:OVERLINK undo

14 February 2024

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20 January 2024

• curprev 03:1203:12, 20 January 2024‎ Illuminati42 talk contribs‎ 9,099 bytes +851‎ Rescuing 5 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.5 undo Tag: IABotManagementConsole [1.3]

18 August 2023

• curprev 00:3700:37, 18 August 2023‎ 72.130.75.27 talk‎ 8,248 bytes −1‎ Re: previous edit summary. I meant to say "they don't say" not "they don't saw". undo
• curprev 00:3400:34, 18 August 2023‎ 72.130.75.27 talk‎ 8,249 bytes −336‎ Undid revision 1170605237 by Eric (talk) I've read those two pages in the book. They don't saw what this article claims they say. Also, the quoted text in the title section should be "and leaves" not "& leaves." That's how it appears on the relevant page of the book and on the back cover of the book. You can find the back cover here: https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=557962971&rls=en&sxsrf=AB5stBjj0DZ4idTKuNTe38MqxTTlBAQikg:1692 undo Tags: Undo references removed

16 August 2023

• curprev 02:2902:29, 16 August 2023‎ Eric talk contribs‎ 8,585 bytes +336‎ Reverting edit(s) by 72.130.75.27 (talk) to rev. 1169819119 by Drmies: Reverting good faith edits; edit summary assertion does not support simple deletion of this material (RW 16.1) undo Tags: RW Undo Reverted

15 August 2023

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• curprev 22:3322:33, 15 August 2023‎ 72.130.75.27 talk‎ 8,587 bytes +2‎ →‎Title: This is how it reads in the book. undo Tag: Reverted

11 August 2023

• curprev 13:2513:25, 11 August 2023‎ Drmies talk contribs‎ 8,585 bytes −4‎ →‎Title: we know what a panda is undo

10 August 2023

• curprev 11:4811:48, 10 August 2023‎ Eric talk contribs‎ 8,589 bytes −1‎ Reverting edit(s) by 72.130.75.27 (talk) to rev. 1169209120 by Eric: 3rd rm of erroneous comma -- see talk (RW 16.1) undo Tags: RW Undo
• curprev 05:2005:20, 10 August 2023‎ 72.130.75.27 talk‎ 8,590 bytes +1‎ Undid revision 1169209120 by Eric (talk) - Actually, it is necesssary. See here: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/appositive/ undo Tags: Undo Reverted

7 August 2023

• curprev 19:0219:02, 7 August 2023‎ Eric talk contribs‎ 8,589 bytes −1‎ Reverting edit(s) by 70.71.163.169 (talk) to rev. 1169107002 by Eric: 2nd removal of awkward, unnecessary comma (RW 16.1) undo Tags: RW Undo Reverted
• curprev 16:5616:56, 7 August 2023‎ 70.71.163.169 talk‎ 8,590 bytes +1‎ Undid revision 1169107002 by Eric (talk) Not at all. The book title is an appositive in this case, because, as I explained in my previous edit summary, Truss had only one book that year. I'm an editor. I'm not from the valley and don't use "Valspeak." undo Tags: Undo Reverted
• curprev 02:5002:50, 7 August 2023‎ Eric talk contribs‎ m 8,589 bytes −1‎ →‎Reception: rm Valspeak comma undo Tag: Reverted
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• curprev 00:3300:33, 7 August 2023‎ 70.71.163.169 talk‎ 8,585 bytes +1‎ It was her only book in 2005. undo

10 July 2023

• curprev 04:5004:50, 10 July 2023‎ BD2412 talk contribs‎ m 8,584 bytes +19‎ Fixing links to disambiguation pages, replaced: shoot → shoot undo Tag: AWB

18 June 2023

• curprev 19:1119:11, 18 June 2023‎ Jcejhay talk contribs‎ 8,565 bytes −602‎ Removed content that verged on trivia and seemed to veer from neutral POV to advertisement. Moved commercial success to better place. undo
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24 February 2023

• curprev 15:0315:03, 24 February 2023‎ Eric talk contribs‎ m 9,126 bytes +2‎ →‎Title: wording undo

12 June 2022

• curprev 17:5417:54, 12 June 2022‎ 2a00:23c6:b61f:b701:b0dc:ff92:e9af:cb82 talk‎ 9,124 bytes +11‎ The statement I edited suggested that Lynne Truss was referring to a real librarian, but the librarian was a fictional librarian from one of her radio plays undo Tag: Visual edit

6 February 2022

• curprev 22:0022:00, 6 February 2022‎ ClueBot NG talk contribs‎ m 9,113 bytes −17‎ Reverting possible vandalism by 104.152.129.11 to version by Discospinster. Report False Positive? Thanks, ClueBot NG. (4124072) (Bot) undo Tag: Rollback
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31 January 2022

• curprev 21:4421:44, 31 January 2022‎ Extraordinary Writ talk contribs‎ 9,113 bytes −1‎ →‎Title: rmv second comma: not in sources; incorrectly added undo

25 December 2021

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15 July 2021

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4 March 2021

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24 February 2021

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• curprev 10:5610:56, 24 February 2021‎ DocWatson42 talk contribs‎ 9,198 bytes +15‎ Changing short description from "Non-fiction book by Lynne Truss" to "Non-fiction book on punctuation by Lynne Truss" (Shortdesc helper) undo
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27 January 2021

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26 January 2021

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19 January 2021

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15 September 2020

• curprev 02:2202:22, 15 September 2020‎ Mitch Ames talk contribs‎ 9,106 bytes +11‎ more specific category undo

23 August 2020

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13 August 2020

• curprev 13:1913:19, 13 August 2020‎ Eric Pode lives talk contribs‎ 9,093 bytes −1‎ Undid revision 972528590 by 73.247.85.17 (talk) rvv (or illiteracy) undo Tag: Undo

12 August 2020

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6 August 2020

• curprev 16:3916:39, 6 August 2020‎ TS6 talk contribs‎ m 9,093 bytes +20‎ NOT a vandal. See, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/underestimate-the-oxford-comma-at-your-peril/article625870/ QUOTING BOOK: “That's why a panda is seen on the cover erasing the comma after "eats"; the punchline depends upon ambiguity. In the joke, a panda with a gun in a bar eats, shoots (someone) and leaves. When the bartender consults the dictionary, he reads: "Panda. Native to China. Eats shoots and leaves.[sic]" See, my full edit summary at http:// bit . ly/TS6_eatsshootsleaves undo Tag: Visual edit

6 July 2020

• curprev 13:3513:35, 6 July 2020‎ Eric Pode lives talk contribs‎ 9,073 bytes +472‎ →‎Title: tweak last edit, and add laboured explanation of joke for those who may need it undo
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5 May 2020

• curprev 12:3712:37, 5 May 2020‎ Eric Pode lives talk contribs‎ 8,570 bytes +1‎ Undid revision 954949685 by TS6 (talk) Not sure whether this is pure vandalism or honest misunderstanding. If the latter, please read the hidden note, and also see http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FdfTKVG0KfE/TyBpXVDHK6I/AAAAAAAACzE/Y4LwV5eTizc/s1600/Panda+BC+ESL.jpg . The presence of the comma, not its absence, is the point of the joke. undo Tag: Undo
• curprev 04:1204:12, 5 May 2020‎ TS6 talk contribs‎ 8,569 bytes −1‎ →‎Title: The deliberate ambiguity necessary for the joke falls flat if the comma is inserted. The lack of comma was the point of the joke, and of the whole book. The book is about grammar, and the comma omission was deliberate. Changing it because you want to explain the joke actually undermines the book undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

10 February 2020

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