punctuated equilibria

[perspectivism]

Tonight, apparently I give enough fcuk about an Oxford comma...to learn...

Use of the serial comma can sometimes remove ambiguity. Consider an apocryphal book dedication: To my parents, Ayn Rand and God. *

and

The Times once published this description of a documentary: : "...highlights of his global tour include encounters with Nelson Mandela,

Comments

[xleste]

This made me giggle a lot. :)

[radtea]

Both the subject line and the examples gave me a good laugh!

[gira]

I was always taught to use more commas. I've been a bit distressed to see that fall by the wayside as common usage of "Engrish". Proper punctuation is important, dammit.

But they do give

[lastchaconne]

I just saw them at the Casbah and their flippancy about the subtleties of punctuation are feigned (they eat their shoots).

Re: But they do give

[perspectivism]

Awesome!

BTW, a close friend I feel you should meet is visiting SoCal right now. I'll find out what time he has left (if any) and e-mail you both (if that any)!