Summary Of Lynn Truss Interview

Grammar Response 1 Lynn Truss’ Interview was very interesting. I had several mixed feelings about her, while listening to the video. She seemed almost rude in the beginning of her interview. When she spoke about her book review on another authors, I was a little taken back. On the other hand I really enjoyed the interview. Truss begins answering questions related to the importance of punctuation. Listening to the interview really makes you think about how punctuation helps an author communicate with a reader. As Truss expresses communication should be clear and that requires punctuation. She truly cares about the clarity in writing and feels it is important; which I have to agree. Truss also explains how important punctuation is in books for a
As an adult I am aware of the importance of punctuation, however Truss does a wonderful job explaining the importance of punctuation in another way. Listening to the interview really made me think about punctuation in another way. From the interview I fell like I learned a lot. I never thought about the difference in a women’s writing style vs. a man’s. Truss explains that a woman will use punctuation in a different way than a man because of the difference in styles of speech. After listening to Truss I can see how that would be possible. As Truss states, everyone feels differently about commas and punctuation. An example, Truss gives to listeners, would be when Truss was having her book 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' published. Truss’ editors had a hard time approving her style of punctuation in her book. She expressed the editors and herself had to compromise several times, regarding her style of punctuation. The individual conducting the interview, of Truss, also expresses how different her style of writing differs between the purposes of her writing. For example, she explains how punctuation differs in writing for on stage directions vs. on a page