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Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 21^st May 2009, 14:15 on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: Thu 20^th May 2010, 15:00 on BBC Radio 7

Jane Austen, inverted commas, proof-readers and a man haunted by an exclamation mark - it's all grist to Lynne Truss's mill.

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Cutting a Dash

Episode 5: Punctuating the Future

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 22^nd May 2009, 14:15 on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: Fri 21^st May 2010, 15:00 on BBC Radio 7

Are email and the internet influencing how we punctuate? Lynne Truss concludes her investigation.

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Cutting a Dash

Episode 1: The Endangered Apostrophe

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 18^th May 2009, 14:15 on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: Mon 17^th May 2010, 15:00 on BBC Radio 7

The series on punctuation that inspired 'Eats Shoots and Leaves'. Is a misplaced apostrophe a catastrophe? With Lynne Truss.

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Cutting a Dash

Episode 2: Changing Gear, the Comma

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 19^th May 2009, 14:15 on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: Tue 18^th May 2010, 15:00 on BBC Radio 7

'A little boomerang', legalese and the Ancient Greeks come under the scrutiny of Lynne Truss in this series on punctuation.

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Cutting a Dash

Episode 3: And Another Thing - Colons and Semicolons

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 20^th May 2009, 14:15 on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: Wed 19^th May 2010, 15:00 on BBC Radio 7

George Bernard Shaw, Sir Compton Mackenzie and Fay Weldon debate the 'limb' of punctuation. With Lynne Truss.

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