Well 9/10 for the punctuation on your reply anyway! :-)

>It started up as a fantastic book for me too, and then towards the middle the foundation I thought I was building started to crumble. I did enjoy it, but the lasting impression was that I'll never be sure I'm following the rules.
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>>Doru
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>>A fantastic book for me, as you may imagine (if you've read any of my English-pedant threads). I got it some time back and was enthralled from the first page. I only wish I'd written it and become a millionaire. Strange in that I mentioned it in a recent message, I thought in this thread, but I can't find it.
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>>Just as the porn industry jumps on the bandwagon of successful films and topical news (e.g. "Shaving Ryan's Privates", "The Oral Office"), there is a spoof book written off the back of this: as a guide to bad English. It's called "Eats, Sh*tes and Leaves".
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>>Terry