Comma workshop

[Earion]

Comma Queen, Series Première, με βασίλισσα του κόμματος την Μαίρη Νόρρις, επιμελήτρια ύλης του New Yorker. Πρώτο στη σειρά βιντεάκι. Θα παρακολουθήσω και τα υπόλοιπα.

Comma Queen: Possesed (March 27, 2015)

Comma Queen: Let's Get Restrictive (April 8, 2015)

Mad Dash
Comma Queen Mary Norris clarifies the difference between the hyphen (-), the en dash (–), and the em dash (—).

Mad Dash, The Sequel
Dickens doubled them, Dickinson juggled them. Everybody loves those crazy dashes. Here’s a primer on how to get the most out of your hyphen key.

The Semicolon; or Mastering the Giant Comma


Mary Norris began working at The New Yorker in 1978, and has been a query proofreader at the magazine since 1993. Her first book is “Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen” (Norton).

 

[cougr]

For Want of a Comma, or... when the lack of a comma costs $10 million (ouch!)

A class-action lawsuit about overtime pay for truck drivers hinged entirely on a debate that has bitterly divided friends, families and foes: The dreaded — or totally necessary — Oxford comma, perhaps the most polarizing of punctuation marks.

What ensued in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and in a 29-page court decision handed down on Monday, was an exercise in high-stakes grammar pedantry that could cost a dairy company in Portland, Me., an estimated $10 million.
(more at the NY Times)

 

[nickel]

Προς το παρόν: :up:

 

[pontios]

thanks, cougar.
This article explains it more succinctly ... and there's a gerund missing too (distributing vs distribution), that added to the ambiguity.

https://qz.com/932004/the-oxford-co...ling-on-overtime-pay-for-dairy-truck-drivers/

 

[dharvatis]

 

[nickel]

Anti-vaxxers: We hope to avoid the Oxford coma...

 

[cougr]

What’s the difference between a literalist and a kleptomaniac?

A literalist takes things literally.

A kleptomaniac takes things, literally.