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Posted on 10 March 202011 April 2020

Comma Chaos, and Vote YES For Tarts

comma chaos and yes to tarts

Comma chaos! This example is from one of my favourite sources. Could the writers be messing with our heads? No, I don’t think so. They just have no idea how to write a list. Continue reading “Comma Chaos, and Vote YES For Tarts”

Posted on 1 March 202010 April 2020

Oxford Comma Controversies: Shooting Clay Pigeons and Men

The Oxford comma (or lack of it) can make a real mess of our intended meaning. A newsletter, which I used to receive, always previewed its feature articles in the email header. In one, it was considerate enough to put women on the alert. Or was that just one of its regular comma controversies?  Continue reading “Oxford Comma Controversies: Shooting Clay Pigeons and Men”

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