Comma Police (for JTK)

Those darn commas.  You try writing with them, you try writing without them.  You put them here and you put them there, and sometimes you put them everywhere, but here.

The New York Times has an op-ed by John Rosenthal, which shines a momentary light on the comma, titled “The Elements of Common Sense." Rosenthal’s piece would have been more aptly titled “The Elements of Comma Sense,” but maybe the title is a misprint.

Posted by on 05/03 at 05:05 AM

  1. Rosenthal: "I’m not advocating punctuation anarchy."

    I’m advocating punctuation anarcho-capitalism, or market punctuation.

    Posted by John T. Kennedy  on  05/03  at  10:55 AM

  2. With and without commas, as the individual so desires.

    Posted by  on  05/03  at  11:16 AM

  3. That’s right - Comma Individualism. I never signed any “social contract” requiring me to put commas any place in particular.

    Posted by John T. Kennedy  on  05/03  at  12:22 PM

  4. I, didn’t either.

    Posted by Andy Stedman  on  05/04  at  07:48 AM

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