Random: On the essential use of the comma

[nebroadwe]

I think evil_little_dog will object to Ms. Ray's hobbies as delineated in this headline on the cover of (of all things!) Tails magazine.

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

You are absolutely right, I DO.

[nebroadwe.livejournal.com]

[pets Den in lieu of having a real dog nearby] I thought so.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I'm sure the magazine is taking heat - considering, you know, the printed word, editors and all the rest.

[nebroadwe.livejournal.com]

Unless somebody was reeeeaaally working tight to deadline, it's incomprehensible to me how that one got past the proofers.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

"Oh, those commas are implied with the way we've situated the words on the page! Poetic licensing!"

...

...

...uh huh.

[nebroadwe.livejournal.com]

"Context! It's all about context! Nobody would think we meant THAT, right? Right?"

[Internet briefly makes sound of chirping crickets before exploding into laughter]

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

[And sharing of the magazine cover with the world.]


Two suits sit and stare at copy editors who point nervously to each other as to whose fault it actually is.

[nebroadwe.livejournal.com]

Okay, now I'm seeing the copy editors as Lo and Li from ATLA. [sporfles]