10 June 2011

Commas, serially

Rico says that the much-vaunted New York Times also continues to commit serial-comma failure in all its articles. Seemingly unimportant, the reason for them was best summed up in an example of a book dedication once given to him by Rani Cochran, a co-worker when Rico was at Apple:
She wished to thank her parents, Ayn Rand and God.
Amazing, the difference one little comma would make...

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