Thread: Is Grammar Really That Important Any More?
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Old 04-24-2012, 06:16 AM   #89
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Originally Posted by rhadin View Post
Are you sure it isn't "eats shoots and leaves"? Are you referring to a mobster having dinner and then working, or a description of an elephant having dinner?
That's the whole point ! The ambiguity depending on where the comma is placed. It's actually the title of a best-selling grammar book, and the reference is to a Panda.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Eats-Shoots-...5262554&sr=8-1
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