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Comma shouldn't needlessly split up a subject from its verb

The cover of Eats Shoots and Leaves says it all. That if you’re unsettled about the apostrophe, dazed by the comma, or simply baffled by the semi-colon, you need to link up with Lynne Truss, the punctuation stickler. And Truss doesn’t disappoint – she just dazzles.

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