Like other pop grammarians, she's always addressing her audience as a tiny band of beleaguered partisans who stand between the language and out-and-out barbarism. As in "How long before the last few punctuation sticklers are obliged to take refuge together in caves?"

Sounds like author Truss and "Colin's Colon Coalition" may be headed for a punctuational crisis. I predict it will become known as the "Colonic Wars".

re "Nunberg takes aim at Lynn Truss". Ah, but is his aim true, ASp? That would be good to hear from you.