Talk to the Hand

Talk to the hand because the face is not listening. Lynn Truss tackles rudeness in her most recent book - Talk to the Hand. This book was not as captivating as her previous bestselling book on punctuation - Eats, Shoots and Leaves . On the Book Blog, I give my explanation for breaking a bad(?) habit, why the book did not work and an entertaining digression on pedantry regarding non-restrictive clauses.