| 单词 | comma |
| 例句 | But don’t use a comma after a quotation that ends with an exclamation point or a question mark. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Aren’t there rules for the comma, just as there are rules for the apostrophe? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z One is a flat branching structure, in which a series of mostly uncomplicated clauses are concatenated side by side with and or with commas. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z A degree in English language is not a prerequisite for caring about where a bracket is preferred to a dash, or a comma needs to be replaced by a semicolon. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z How could I write letters without commas? she asked. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They lowered the virgule and curved it, for a start, so that it began to look like the modern comma. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Without commas, the finger of guilt points to Frank. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The final comma in those last two sentences, the one just before and, can be left out. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Thurber was once asked by a correspondent: “Why did you have a comma in the sentence, ‘After dinner, the men went into the living-room’?” Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Had him born in Dunfrie, wherever the hell that is, and in the space for his name the fool wrote, ‘Dead’ comma ‘Macon.’ Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The simplest way is to use a comma and start the question with a capital letter. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z So what happened to the comma in this process? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z You need only the first comma if the clause comes at the end. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Kochu Maria was asleep on the drawing-room floor, curled into a comma in the flickering light of the television that was still on. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, yes; but you will be entertained to discover that there is a significant complication in the case of the comma. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z She laughed, took a picture, texted it to Dill, and then tweeted it to her 187,564 followers with the caption Racists: not so good, with the, commas. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Here’s how to get out of some of the most common comma complications. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The hill was shaped like a comma, large and round with a spur leading out and down: The Twentieth Maine was positioned along the spur, the other regiments curved around to the right. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The same is true if the question is a quotation: Introduce it with a comma. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the tip of a lead pencil, broken off and wrapped up and presented along with a card that said, “A gross of commas, to be used liberally throughout the year as needed.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The longest of these embedded clauses, the third and the last, are also with commas or with or. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Her mouth opened when she saw us, and her tongue curled out like a misplaced comma. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “The use of commas cannot be learned by rule.” Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Petey curled into a fuzzy comma when I put the leaves in his jar. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Every word chosen by Nathaniel, every comma, every paragraph break— these were all done on purpose. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z A nonrestrictive relative clause is set offby commas, dashes, or parentheses, and expresses a comment from the peanut gallery, as in The pair of shoes, which cost five thousand dollars, was hideous. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z If you don’t want the emphasis, leave out the comma. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They don’t walk like ordinary dogs, but leap and somersault like an apostrophe and comma. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell me,” he would say, “why have you placed this comma here? What relationship between these phrases are you hoping to establish?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Thurber, by self-appointed virtuous contrast, saw commas as so many upturned office chairs unhelpfully hurled down the wide-open corridor of readability. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z And don’t forget: this comma contention was not a matter of right or wrong. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z When the humorist James Thurber was writing for New Yorker editor Harold Ross in the 1930s and 1940s, the two men often had very strong words about commas. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z When reciting its texts, one raised and lowered one’s voice to replicate the natural pauses provided by commas and periods, stopping for emphasis or to take on a questioning tone. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I mean if you're good at writing compositions and somebody starts talking about commas. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z If a comma is a yield sign and a period is a stop sign, the semicolon is a flashing red—one of those lights you drive through after a brief pause. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No comma, no period, no adjective or adverb was beneath his interest. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “It stinks of Sport,” said Mordred in inverted commas, “and the Done Thing and the Best People. Let’s go to the garden.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, there are some more points about commas in lists before we move on. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z British grammarians will concede that sometimes the extra comma prevents confusion, as when there are other ands in the vicinity: I went to the chemist, Marks & Spencer, and NatWest. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z However, rules certainly exist for the comma and we may as well examine some of them. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z “This particular comma,” Thurber explained, “was Ross’s way of giving the men time to push back their chairs and stand up.” Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z The second is missing the commas that delimit the phrases making up the list of inspirations: cooking, her family, and her dog. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z So she tells me, the words dribbling out with the cranberry muffin crumbs, commas dunked in her coffee. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z It was something to do with the question of whether commas should be placed inside brackets, or outside. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She put this word into inverted commas by making the wiggly quotation sign with her first and second fingers. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She teased him about his misuse of commas—and fixed them for him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted you to think that the only reason he was lousy at writing compositions was because he stuck all the commas in the wrong place. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Get the commas right and the rest will fall into place. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z However, if you feel you are safe paddling in these sparklingly clear shallows of comma usage, think again. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z More than any other mark, the comma draws our attention to the mixed origins of modern punctuation, and its consequent mingling of two quite distinct functions: 1. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z To omit the comma after “detour” would have the sentence suddenly coasting at speed again instead of slowing to the final halt. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z My own feeling is that one shouldn’t be too rigid about the Oxford comma. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z And, well, I argued for that Oxford comma. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z If you listened closely it was possible to hear the dashes and commas in his speech, even the colons and semicolons. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Imagine the difference to the sense, he says, if you place the comma after the word “not”: “My Son, if sinners intise thee consent thou not, refraining thy foot from their way.” Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z There are people who embrace the Oxford comma and people who don’t, and I’ll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Now, huge doctrinal differences hang on the placing of this comma. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z And she held out a box of sugar-coated question marks, periods, commas, and exclamation points. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The rule here is that ±e comma is correct if it can be replaced by the word and or or. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z I told her I thought she meant all the periods had to have tails and be called commas. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z But add a pair of commas, and Cora becomes the suspect: Cora, claimed Frank, planned the murder. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Many people prefer to introduce a longer quotation with a colon instead of a comma. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But as we shall see in chapter 6, using a comma to separate a subject from its predicate or a verb from one of its complements is among the most grievous sins of mispunctuation. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z A comma’s a pause at the end of a clause. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z If the sentence continues after the question, don’t use a comma after the question mark. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s for times when you want something stronger than a comma but not quite so final as a period. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think I’m going to be sick. ” • comma. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She told me about commas, for instance, long before I took punctuation seriously. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s nothing much to punctuating a sentence, really, beyond a little comma sense. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Death is not a period that ends the great sentence of life, but a comma that punctuates it to more lofty significance. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When in doubt, look it up. • a comma or period. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice trailed off as if she had ended that sentence with a comma and not a period. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A well placed comma can create an emphatic pause that drives a point home without shouting it. Your Guide to Not Using So Many Exclamation Points 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z At The New Yorker, it is a copy editor’s duty to deploy the serial comma, along with lots of other lip-smacking bits of punctuation, as a bulwark against barbarianism. A Few Words About That Ten-Million-Dollar Serial Comma 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z “There is nothing extraneous, not one comma, not one word, not one drop of a comic’s sweat,” Mr. Shteyngart wrote. ‘A Horse Walks Into a Bar’ Wins Man Booker International Prize 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Pinwheels of sea trout, glistening with smoked salmon roe, gather on a creamy comma of avocado mousse. Crane & Turtle: A chef’s playground in Petworth According to the app, there were far fewer eastern commas observed in the vicinity than brown rats. 17 Learning Tools For Your Next Outdoor Excursion 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z At sunset, the moon appeared like a slender comma above the trees, glowing in the blue-black sky. A Remote Canadian Lake and Its People: Protecting a Last Refuge 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z The comma said, “Wait”; the question mark said, “What?” This Grammar Guru Will Solve the World’s Problems 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Pacini had discovered the “germ”, but it was not until the German physician Robert Koch himself discovered the comma bacillus in Egypt in 1883 that germ theory became popularised. Cholera and coronavirus: why we must not repeat the same mistakes 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z But Garcia’s intra-line breaks feel more pronounced than commas; I hear them almost the way I hear Notley’s quotation marks, a mental glottal stop; a visual fake punch to make you flinch. How Poets Use Punctuation as a Superpower and a Secret Weapon 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z There wasn’t time to obsess over process, to contest every comma in a letter. A New Testament to the Fury and Beauty of Activism During the AIDS Crisis 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Thailand, though, offers dozens of variations on the theme, including one from the central province of Sukothai that incorporates salty pink commas of dried shrimp. A Far-Ranging Thai Menu That Started With a Slurp 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z “Without the comma, we can’t tell if it’s a wedding that’s larger than life or a ceremony of Hellenic sumo wrestlers.” Writing Wrongs: 10 Movie Titles with Bad Grammar 2013-05-24T09:45:21Z An occasional comma or stop at the end of a line seems to forge a link with the next, rather than a separation. Poem of the week: Shepherds by Sasha Dugdale 2013-01-14T10:31:49Z Whether you subscribe to the old rule or not, I think you’ll agree that my comma crown is to die for. Comma Queen: On Prepositions 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z “Word Crimes,” meanwhile, is likely to be shared a lot on Facebook by the kinds of people who worry about the Oxford comma or gag at the sight of dangling participles. Weird Al Yankovic Endures 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Samuel Johnson’s commas, in the mid-18th century, were not only heavy; many would be ungrammatical today, and this style persisted into the first editions of The Economist in 1843. Don’t p@nic 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Meanwhile there's no counterbalancing evidence that correctly applied apostrophes keep comma numbers down, or that the grocer's ones encourage pesky hyphens. David Mitchell 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z “Yes, I was mourning the death of a comma,” Ms. Bentz said, laughing. They Learned Early On That Words Matter, and Also Location 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z “He uses commas grammatically. I deploy them musically.” Robert Gottlieb: Avid Reader, Reluctant Writer 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Her eyebrows had the versatility of inverted commas. Marian Seldes: Her life and career were a master class 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z And then there would be a freak out, because they noticed a comma was missing. Paper Magazine, the Oral History: ‘They Were Wide Open’ 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z I remember searching around on the floor, trying to find a waxy comma. Paper Magazine, the Oral History: ‘They Were Wide Open’ 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z In her banter to the audience, she called this characteristic Sondheim effect “the bittersweet comma,” and provided two real-life examples. Sondheim Two Ways, From Judy Collins and Melissa Errico 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z During a break on Friday evening Ms. Perry flipped through her seven pages of letters — separated by periods and commas — and expressed relief that it had worked for her. A Theater Is Conjured, Then Leaves Only Memory 2011-06-06T23:01:50Z I would describe the shape overall as a curved comma or half a heart. Everything you need to know about cascatelli, the new "perfect" pasta shape that's a viral hit 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z Rice seizes on the absurdity of it all and puts her production in inverted commas. Singing in the rain 2011-03-27T00:04:08Z You can teach them that every thing you put on the page, every comma, every mark has an effect on the reader. “The World Without You” 2012-06-29T20:06:00Z I don’t know why, but that day, De Palma was very on me about commas and periods: “No paraphrasing here.” No One Can Needle Tom Cruise Like Henry Czerny Can 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z When your first parent dies, Melissa says, it's a comma; when your second is gone, it's a period. Melissa without Joan: A daughter deals with loss the Rivers way 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z I got my commas in place, although it's for the reader to decide that, but the point is it was ready when I wrote it. In conversation: Nathan Englander and Jonathan Safran Foer 2012-02-10T09:00:01Z Not only did I lose on it, but I argued like a sore loser afterwards, saying it wasn’t fair because there was no comma after “there.” Confirm or Deny: David Duchovny 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z As a kind of protest, he adds inverted commas whenever he uses the term “content creation”.“How an athlete makes a living, it has changed a lot,” he says. One step beyond: the ascent of mountain runner Kílian Jornet 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Its editors star in online videos on hot-button topics like the serial comma, gender pronouns and the dreaded “irregardless.” A Journey Into the Merriam-Webster Word Factory 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z I get pedantic about the placement of the vocative comma in “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen.” Comma Queen: A Grammarian’s Xmas 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z The Times noted that it would break with style and add the serial comma in the following sentence: “Choices for breakfast included oatmeal, muffins, and bacon and eggs.” A Few Words About That Ten-Million-Dollar Serial Comma 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The theme song even boasts, "I've got three commas in my bank account." Challenging patriarchal practices makes "House of Ho" more than just a Vietnamese Kardashians clone 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z Ms. Bentz was wearing a costume in tribute to the Oxford comma, which had just been struck from the University of Oxford Style Manual. They Learned Early On That Words Matter, and Also Location 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z It goes without saying that she’s a flawless technician; she speaks the verse so clearly that you can feel the commas clicking into place. Deep Dives Into Justice From Shakespeare, Wilde and Atticus Finch 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z “Mother nature is mother nature,” clucked the Demeter of putting “diversity” in inverted commas, “and fertility falls off a cliff at 35, duchess or not”. Another royal baby is on the way. How could the psychics, rogue butlers and columnists resist? 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z It works firstly because it's spot on: try and read that quote with and without commas. Booker club: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje 2011-03-04T11:00:46Z “He noticed a missing comma in one of the bills, and they gave him an amendment to change it.” Justin Amash was part of the conservative in-crowd. Now he’s trying to figure out who his real friends are. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The truck drivers, for their part, pointed out that, in addition to the missing comma, the law as written flouts “the parallel usage convention.” A Few Words About That Ten-Million-Dollar Serial Comma 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The last thing you want is a co-writer who's going to be sending you angry emails every time you misplace a comma. Lily Herne's top tips for writing collaboratively 2013-06-13T12:25:27Z But it was all under this banner of the Bible as the literal word of God — every period, every comma. Samuel D. Hunter Climbs the Ladder With ‘The Whale’ 2012-10-21T03:00:19Z There's no inverted commas around Motion Sickness's joyful celebration of pop music's constant changeability, or How Do You Do, another paen to the simple but deep pleasures of domestic contentment. Hot Chip: In Our Heads 2012-06-07T14:31:02Z Then, after a comma, the plea that "the creed of 'accessibility' is too often the enemy of art" should follow. What to say about ... The Real Thing 2010-04-23T14:48:00Z There's always a chance that it is all intended in inverted commas, which would be a bit depressing, but perhaps that doesn't matter. Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan – review 2012-06-28T14:29:01Z Those closing inverted commas should have been introduced eight words earlier. The Fairy Jobmother; Don't Stop Believing; The Cove 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z The question now is what to do with a $700 million comma. Mariinsky II Is Set to Open in St. Petersburg 2013-05-01T21:48:51Z “It’s not an exclamation point, but a comma,” Mr. Diamond said of his Mariinsky II. Mariinsky II Is Set to Open in St. Petersburg 2013-05-01T21:48:51Z "It would be like a journalist writing an article without commas or periods." In 'Birdman,' Alejandro G. Inarritu takes his doubts and lets them fly 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Perhaps the infamously prickly singer would accept no publishing contract that allowed a comma to be changed. Morrissey’s ‘Autobiography’ sets out to settle scores 2013-12-26T20:46:06Z The line “If Caesar had stabbed their mothers, they would have done no less” has been updated by the insertion of the words “on Fifth Avenue” before the comma. Review: Can Trump Survive in Caesar’s Palace? 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Week 1251, things to be thankful for: I’m thankful for my favorite things to eat, puppies, and Oxford commas. Style Invitational Week 1262: Clue us in 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z I guess a lovable schlub is not as lovable if his stand-up success adds another comma to his tax returns. ‘The Jim Gaffigan Show’: A sunnier ‘Louie’ in the form of a stale Hot Pocket 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Even the play’s title, with its use of periods instead of commas, suggests the difficulty of getting words out and how inadequate they seem when you do. Review: ‘Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.’ Captures the Fury of Modern Womanhood 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Fake ones use more generic words like “vacation,” “family” and “experience” accompanied by a lot of commas and exclamation marks. How to spot fake reviews on travel sites 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Every comma must be adhered to; the rhythms of the speech, he says, are as important as the content. Aaron Sorkin on the cult of Steve Jobs: ‘I hadn't seen anything like it since John Lennon was killed’ 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z She thoroughly excavates each role, a task she describes as a “forensic investigation,” parsing the lines — every comma, dash and sentence break. Gillian Anderson as a Fashion Inspiration 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z The amendment is a mess of commas and clauses. The stories to read to be the smartest person at the Thanksgiving table 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z I give thanks to my papa and mama, George Bush, and Michelle R. Obama — Now don’t hiss, jeer or boo; This thing proves it’s all true: A strategically placed Oxford comma. Style Invitational Week 1280: A la‘ugh’ a minute with our ‘air quotes’ contest 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Professor Davison discovered more than misplaced commas and other grammatical or typographical errors in the material. Peter Davison, Orwell Scholar on a Monumental Scale, Dies at 95 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Most of them rightly think their words are carved in marble, and they obviously think it's important you get all the commas in the right place. Billy Connolly: 'I'm 37!' 2013-01-01T06:12:25Z "To my favourite, to the reason I live my life, Leesa Wockner, who, if she reads this, I hope will agree to marry me, despite the number of commas in this sentence." Novelist proposes to girlfriend in print 2011-04-08T11:55:24Z "So maybe he added a comma, then took it away!" 'Bent' at Mark Taper lets defiant love shine amid the Holocaust 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Those skyscrapers are a cliff face; Liberty is a mere comma. Statue of Liberty, Viewed From Afar With Affection 2012-07-03T17:57:32Z But an offhand remark that Nabokov was interested in quirks of punctuation such as the titular comma after "Go" licenses a final frame boasting that Eggers called the novel "a Nabokovian comic masterpiece". The week in books 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z And Brown is quietly arresting as a woman both fragile and imperious, slouched like a comma but with a will of steel. Review: In ‘What You Are Now,’ Memory Is a Dangerous Thing 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Strange style: stilted sentences, lots of commas n clauses. Tips, links and suggestions: What are you reading today? 2013-03-12T16:10:04Z I took it to mean that the work you do is the person you are, but there’s a comma there — not a colon. The New Narrative, the writer's life and, yes, cats 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z It's Lipsyte's work with the commas here, either side of "personally", that give us the rhythm, the bite, the haughtiness, the waiter. The Fun Parts by Sam Lipsyte – review 2013-07-24T10:21:39Z And that’s probably how she’d want it; she was known for the exacting attention she paid to every comma and fully aware of the implications of even the most oblique reference. 9 Books to Read About Queen Elizabeth II 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Drawing attention to the loaded nature of pop language, he put inverted commas inside the title. Green Gartside: The brainiest man in pop (apart from Brian Eno) 2011-02-22T21:31:10Z In the book she uses an example of what she calls “a discretionary comma” in the following sentence: “It gives starch to the prose, and can be very effective.” Mary Norris Muses on a Lifetime of Literary Vigilance in ‘Between You & Me’ 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Of Condon, he observed wryly: “There has been more than one time he has questioned my commas.” At Kennedy Center, ‘Side Show’ takes another turn around the midway The Times, like most newspapers, does without the serial comma. A Few Words About That Ten-Million-Dollar Serial Comma 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z That is, commas, semicolons, and colons were plugged into a sentence in order to highlight, subordinate, or otherwise conduct its elements, connecting them syntactically. Sympathy for the Semicolon 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z People who feel strongly about not adding the “S” are probably the same ones who delete the serial comma, at least to judge from their reasons. Mary Norris’s Thoughts on Pesky Possessives 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Well, the new Upstairs Downstairs has lost its comma, surely as shocking as a duchess dropping her aitches. Upstairs Downstairs is back 2010-12-24T08:00:02Z Of course I said it in inverted commas. Cate Blanchett: ‘I used to be very socially awkward’ 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z Sept. 22: The National Council of Teachers of English disbands after a violent battle over inserting a comma into MeToo. Style Invitational Week 1315: Clue Us In — our backward crossword 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Martin is a history teacher with the listless, sloping posture of a comma. His Dancing Days Were Over. Then Came ‘Another Round.’ 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Dreyer is a VP and copy chief at Random House, not to mention the unofficial language guru on Twitter, where he dispenses grammar bon mots such as: “Only godless savages eschew the series comma.” What books to read in January 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Nothing, but nothing—profanity, transgender pronouns, apostrophe abuse—excites the passion of grammar geeks more than the serial, or Oxford, comma. A Few Words About That Ten-Million-Dollar Serial Comma 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Since 2004, these have been meticulously prepared by Mr. Scott, the church’s organist and director of music, right down to the seldom-noted commas in chorale texts, noted here without fussiness. Review: Bach Passions in New York 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z “Deduction? “ ‘. . . accretion was this slight “personality” quotation marks, comma, the mere slim shade of an intelligent but presumptuous . Taking dictation from Henry James was a lesson in style — and patience 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z He once rewrote the racist slogan “Keep Britain White” by adding a comma: “Keep Britain, White.” V.S. Naipaul, a Writer of Many Contradictions and Obvious Greatness 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z From the proper use of "affect" and "effect" to his thoughts on the Oxford comma, Grammer is giving more than 26,000 followers solid lessons on the English language. Kelsey Grammer joins Twitter to clean up everyone's poor grammar 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z A subtle choice that might point to Castro, much like Doris and her artists’ songs, making a decision to forgo explanatory commas and simply let the ineffable, untranslatable parts of their story breathe. ‘Mija’ Review: Hitting the Notes 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z And in 20th-century revivals of the toy theatre, the visual verve of their very British art was admired but the text seemed to retreat into inverted commas, the words almost an embarassment. Projections of puppet theatre 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z You can tell she is a literary child-token because she is forced to misunderstand things cutely: "coma" as "comma"; "latter" as "latte". The Death of Eli Gold by David Baddiel ? review 2011-03-05T00:07:11Z “We get a lot of letters from people who think we use too many commas,” Ms. Norris said. Mary Norris Muses on a Lifetime of Literary Vigilance in ‘Between You & Me’ 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Ms. de Kerangal’s long, rolling sentences pulse along in systolic thumps, each beat punctuated by a comma; they’re packed with emotional intensity and florid imagery, and they’ve been superbly translated by Sam Taylor. Review: ‘The Heart’ Offers Portraits in the Race to an Organ Transplant 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Pope’s solution was to flag the excellencies with a comma in the margin—or, if they were particularly “shining” examples, with a star—whereas “excessively bad” passages were “degraded to the bottom of the page.” Why We (Mostly) Stopped Messing With Shakespeare’s Language 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z The issue is that, without a comma after “shipment,” the “packing for shipment or distribution” is a single activity. A Few Words About That Ten-Million-Dollar Serial Comma 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The book is called "If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?," already off-kilter with the missing comma after "True" crowding those other words together so we slow down and think about them. Mattea Harvey's 'Tabloids' mashes word pictures with imaginative art 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z What she cherishes about the apostrophe, she says, is how "that little flying comma gentles life along". Radio review: The Greengrocer's Apostrophe 2010-10-01T07:20:00Z The key moment of the film happens underneath that last line, at the comma. The Sensational Idiocy of Donald Trump’s Propaganda Video for Kim Jong Un 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z The serial comma, also known as the Oxford comma, is the one before “and” in a series of three or more: Herman Melville wrote “Moby-Dick,” “Billy Budd,” and “Bartleby, the Scrivener.” Comma Queen: The Strippers, J.F.K. and Stalin—or, the Importance of Serial Commas 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z O’Neill wrote that “Anna Christie” was never meant to conclude with an optimistic finality, but with a comma, suggesting that life, for better or worse, would go on. Theater Review: David Auburn Stages ‘Anna Christie’ in the Berkshires 2013-08-26T21:24:04Z Robert Jones's cramped design presents the naturalistic part of the action in inverted commas with cute little wheel-on, cut-off bits of scenery. A Chorus of Disapproval; Mademoiselle Julie – review 2012-09-29T23:05:39Z By the time we were done, we’d used everything in the book, including the commas and question marks. When ‘Homicide’ Hit Its Stride 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z For me at least, she sure restores that comma. Theater Review: David Auburn Stages ‘Anna Christie’ in the Berkshires 2013-08-26T21:24:04Z It was four digits, and the one before the comma was a 3. Gene Weingarten: Unbalanced behavior at Citibank ATMs The show’s 35 ornaments and blades are shaped like dragons, tigers, deer, birds, oxen, doughnuts and commas. Antiques: Restoring F.D.R?s Harvard Dorm, and a Rare Jade Show 2010-03-12T05:29:00Z Try writing sentence after descriptive sentence without a comma or a dash. ‘It Requires Genius and He Had It’: Readers on Cormac McCarthy 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z There are no commas in this book, no moments to breathe in the cut-throat world of high finance and late capitalism that it both satirises and gruesomely dramatises. The Cook by Wayne Macauley – review 2012-12-13T08:55:01Z Without the comma, though, the sentence is an imperative to the reader—more forceful, less eager to please. Caitlyn Jenner’s Big Début 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z While advocates of the serial comma are happy for the truck drivers’ victory, it was actually the lack of said comma that won the day. A Few Words About That Ten-Million-Dollar Serial Comma 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z But he said it, inverted commas and all. Ben Mendelsohn: from Erinsborough to Hollywood via Gotham 2013-04-05T12:00:00Z What beaches there are normally have black or golden sand, and they’re usually just commas in between rock cliffs. Waterfalls, Rivers and Rain Forest on Dominica 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Pretty much the only "tiny flaw" she could find was a sentence containing four commas. Critical eye 2013-02-15T18:12:01Z The grammarians’ ball features drama, As at last year’s big Grammararama, Where one prof dressed for sin, Clad, it seems, only in A strategically placed Oxford comma. Style Invitational Week 1280: A la‘ugh’ a minute with our ‘air quotes’ contest 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z If a note left on a desk that doesn’t belong to you has commas, it’s unacceptable, but if the note has no commas then it’s a sign you come in peace, probably. Perspective | A Capitol invader left a note calling Nancy Pelosi a b-word. His attempt to walk it back has been . . . really something. 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z In such cases, “I always think: ‘The writer likes that comma. Mary Norris Muses on a Lifetime of Literary Vigilance in ‘Between You & Me’ 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z No comma between the two words, just: Oh God. Perspective | Kristen Welker saved ‘the show,’ but let’s not ever forget that TV debates need to change 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z A new unauthorized biography of Melania Trump is titled “Free, Melania,” and although the words refer to the left-wing fantasy meme that the first lady is a prisoner begging for liberation, the comma demands unpacking. Perspective | Is Melania Trump sending coded messages, or are we just talking to ourselves? 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z We’re going to start small, with an elementary lesson on comma usage. The Comma Queen: Series Première 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z He and Ms. Morrison often bicker about commas — he loves them, she uses them sparingly. Robert Gottlieb: Avid Reader, Reluctant Writer 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z A comma after “broccoli salad” would have cleared the table before dessert. A Few Words About That Ten-Million-Dollar Serial Comma 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Vampire Weekend supplied the literary pop, singing about the Oxford comma, while country-rocker Eric Church sang about drinking Jack Daniels and getting stoned. Lollapalooza's broad appeal leads to biggest audience yet 2013-08-05T06:10:00Z I did find a few minor typos—like misplaced commas, some strange punctuation—but it does say in the agreement that they are not responsible for typographical errors. Eyeball Kicks: iTunes Terms and Conditions—The Graphic Novel 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z I’m revising commas at this point to avoid looking at the hurdles I seem unable to clear. A Wedding Day Saga Ends With Words From the Heart 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z It makes you long to see not only the Parthenon but the serial comma restored to its ancient glory. Should the Parthenon Marbles Be Returned to Greece? 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z She was wearing a T-shirt that showed a comma and question mark in conversation. This Grammar Guru Will Solve the World’s Problems 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Even the title, with that deliberate comma, ends ups feeling exactly right. Jeff, Who Lives at Home: A Slacker Comedy with Heart 2012-03-16T14:53:24Z As elsewhere in the Bible, each verse of the psalm is a self-contained unit, often consisting of a single sentence, and the careful differentiation of comma, semi-colon and colon informs both sound and sense. Poem of the week: Psalm 23 2011-02-07T10:26:09Z Am I going to be stuck in this job where it's not fulfilling, but it's definitely keeping the commas in the bank account? "We beat ourselves up": Michelle Buteau recognizes our insecurities and reflects our sexiness back 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z “In an eight-line caption everything had to work, every word, every comma,” she later said. Joan Didion, ‘New Journalist’ Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies at 87 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Someone get these two a room, and some commas. Mourning the Letters That Will No Longer Be Written, and Remembering the Great Ones That Were 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z The Empress, who believes passionately in the importance of commas, interprets that line in a way perhaps not intended. Style Invitational: O pedantry, O pedantry — send us your quibbles 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Downstairs in a seminar room Richard Noble, a rare-book cataloger from Brown University, quoted a warning against writing formulas — as the descriptions, which are published in scholarly catalogs, are known — that were “hirsute with commas.” Rare Book School at the University of Virginia 2012-07-23T22:19:23Z “Some thought it was a comma, some thought it was a semicolon, and some ignored it because they thought it was a flick of a pen.” The National Archives has billions of handwritten documents. With cursive skills declining, how will we read them? 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Yang also follows Liu's practice of using minimal punctuation: no full stops, and just a comma here or there when absolutely necessary. June Fourth Elegies by Liu Xiaobo – review 2012-08-17T21:54:01Z Today, men who wear a mustache do so with a giant pair of inverted commas on either side of it. Justin Bieber Killed the Mustache 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z He edited copy and proofread down to the last comma of the smallest classified ad. Jerry Tallmer, Critic Who Created the Obies, Dies at 93 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z I've commented that like I think of this as "America, comma, Outdoors," in that it is showcasing the diversity of the people and the diversity of the land. Baratunde Thurston is making America love the outdoors again: "There's history in nature for us" 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Another great catch: pork steak flavored with pork-belly drippings and sliced over a garden of browned baby carrots, crisp broad beans and a comma of lime-brightened avocado puree. Postcard From Tom: Asheville’s more than just the foothills of Southern cuisine It was full of the musical equivalents of parentheses, commas, subordinate clauses and indirection: rising and falling, breathing in and out, before coming to the resolution of the final period. Joshua Bell Plays Mostly Mozart 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Either way, the syntax was contagious, to the point where Mr. Leonard’s writing voice echoes every time another crime writer drops a subject or pronoun, links unrelated clauses with just a comma. An Appraisal: Elmore Leonard: A Man of Few, Yet Perfect, Words 2013-08-21T21:31:56Z But all the while since the navy has been losing dockyards, ships and crew – like a long, lulling sentence punctuated with commas and waking up finally with an exclamation mark. A British fleet with no aircraft carrier. Unthinkable! 2010-10-23T06:00:00Z And, when not driven by Wright to "act" in inverted commas, the cast does a good job. Trelawny of the Wells - review 2013-02-27T00:47:00Z We pored over a menu full of lists of ingredients separated by commas, followed by bracingly large dollar figures. San Francisco Restaurant Offers a Twist on Its Chinatown Neighbors 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z There is what looks like a semicolon after “We hold these truths to be self-evident” — not the comma that appeared in the printed version. Treasures to Be Un-Hidden at New York Public Library 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z It felt a little crazy, because the world was on fire and I’m trying to decide between a semicolon and a comma. Working in TV, Jen Silverman Wrote a Novel. About Theater. 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z And this applies not just to reported speech but to the register adopted by writers when operating outside the class perimeter of inverted commas. The human heart of the matter 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z Once you understand that a comma means nothing – just the collisions of sounds, the shapes of words – it tells you an awful lot about who you are, if you get it right. Director Maria Aitken, keeping Coward’s blithe spirit alive In Massachusetts, a semicolon that should have been a comma would have prevented hotels from selling liquor after 11 P.M.; it had the effect of making people buy a lot of drinks before last call. Sympathy for the Semicolon 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z I totally welcome Roger's – and I'm using inverted commas here – "notes". Anna Maxwell Martin: 'Loads of women's drama is really dumbed down' 2013-01-06T00:06:48Z But the inverted commas didn’t make the page.” Cate Blanchett: ‘I used to be very socially awkward’ 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z Watch carefully where the commas fall so you can discover the natural pauses. Booker club: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje 2011-03-04T11:00:46Z The comma is suggestive: For the watched, the watcher is both of the world, and the world itself. These Are Not Your G-Rated Fairy Tales 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Frequently – though I'm talking "suffer" in inverted commas. Kristin Scott Thomas, actor – portrait of the artist 2013-03-12T18:59:01Z Once, after I sent a detailed critique of an essay, he paid me the supreme compliment: “You care about commas!” Donald Hall’s Late Burst of Creativity 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Another sentence pivots around a pointed discretionary comma. ‘Billion Dollar Loser’ Recounts WeWork’s Big Dreams and Its Harsh Wake-Up Call 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Did the first paragraph contain, besides a value judgment, five commas, two em-dashes and only one period? Why Would You Go to a Phish Concert, Let Alone 13? I Found Out 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z If the architecture does not put the past into inverted commas, a special excursion is still required in order to inhabit this version of history. Astley Castle – review 2012-06-16T23:05:47Z I also loved her aversion to commas, even if that’s something I couldn’t abide by myself. Times Critics Discuss Their Year in Books, From New Talents to Old Favorites 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Her debut sparkles with passion, warmth, and charm, a collage of memoir, grammar guide, and ode to language, its tools and accoutrements—from the just-so placement of commas to the search for the worthiest pencil. New Yorker copyeditor dishes on the wacky side of her (quite dignified) job: “One feels so silly looking up [profanity]” 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z “I’m a comma in the long, long sentence of the stream.” ‘I’m Here,’ Outside Says. ‘I Miss You.’ 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z The theatre was mostly empty, with maybe twenty other people distributed like arbitrary commas in the semi-darkness. Going to the Movies with Jackie Kennedy 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Along the way, the book addresses hyphens, commas, spelling, “that” and “which,” and many other things, including profanity in print. Mary Norris Muses on a Lifetime of Literary Vigilance in ‘Between You & Me’ 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Asked what he is currently writing about — Africa — his answer includes the punctuation on the card: “the animals comma and the changes in Africa since I was there last period.” Review: ‘Hemingway’ Is a Big Two-Hearted Reconsideration 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Just a single cell full of liquid, less than half the size of this comma, it contains the DNA of your parents and their parents, your children and their children. Buying Time 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Watch: The serial comma, also known as the Oxford comma, is the one before “and” in a series of three or more. Copy-Editing Trump 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Ubiquitous Bhutanese dogs, unflappable and friendly, curled up on the field like commas and snoozed. In Bhutan, ‘gross national happiness’ is what counts 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Despite all the fragments, the melody becomes impossible to stop, a series of commas and dashes, demanding continuation. The Pianist Jeremy Denk on the Joys of Chopin, Our Most Catlike Composer 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Forget the number of commas on his paycheck. Rose sets sights on championship 2011-12-22T01:34:00Z Bishop fought The New Yorker over the commas they slipped into her work, making it less “liquid,” as she put it. Books of The Times: Fighting The New Yorker Over Extra Commas and Steaming Cowflops 2011-02-08T22:00:14Z This is a rare kind of humour: it is not only a matter of verbal deftness – a word, or a comma, popping up unexpectedly – but of intelligence, lightly applied. The 5 Simple Machines by Todd McEwen – review 2013-04-02T10:57:00Z So many of its essays appeared in small journals that I began to fear Gaitskill had never seen a check with a comma in it — for her nonfiction. Mary Gaitskill Looks Unhappiness Straight in the Eye 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z He ended this sentence at its comma: “2 beautiful Swedish boys with long legs, which are so formed and taut that one could really only run one’s tongue along them.” The Kafka You Never Knew 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The mark was a hybrid between a comma and a colon, and its purpose was to prolong a pause or create a more distinct separation between parts of a sentence. Sympathy for the Semicolon 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Scatter inverted commas throughout that last sentence as you see fit. This World: Stolen Brides, The Normans, Four Sons Versus Four Daughters 2010-08-12T07:00:00Z He liked to say that he often spent the morning inserting a comma and the afternoon removing it. Donald Hall’s Late Burst of Creativity 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Strokes move vertically, horizontally, then diagonally in their march across and up the canvas; they coalesce into regiments of commas or herringbone. Art Review: ?Van Gogh Up Close? at Philadelphia Museum of Art 2012-02-02T23:27:06Z The case of the dairy-truck drivers’ comma has got several things going for it. A Few Words About That Ten-Million-Dollar Serial Comma 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The State Opening of Parliament felt like a ceremonial comma. Chris Mason: Will the measures in the King's Speech be enough? 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z “I never know where to put the commas and other punctuation.” At 15, he is defending his home and parenting his sister. One young man’s struggle to stay in school 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z On his website, he described himself as a “militant bicyclist” and “a proponent of the singular they, the Oxford comma, and pre-Elon Twitter.” Police issue arrest warrant for 19-year-old acquaintance in death of Philadelphia journalist 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z The repeated words, the way the clauses comically bounce off the commas — she’s as careful with these things as writers get. How to skewer life's absurdities while thumbing your nose at Amazon 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z On his website, he described himself as a “militant bicyclist” and “a proponent of the singular they, the Oxford comma, and pre-Elon Twitter.“ Philadelphia journalist who advocated for homeless, LGBTQ+ communities shot and killed at home 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Throughout, Murray employs linguistic choices to distinguish the perspectives, most notably in Imelda’s section, where Murray eschews punctuation: no periods, no commas, no dashes, no semicolons — only the occasional question mark. The epic family novel is alive and well in the masterful hands of Paul Murray 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Paramedics were eventually able to take Luis to a hospital, where he was put in a medically induced comma. Deadly Attack Exposes Growing Threat in Mexico: the Military 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Nobody, in fact, testified about the Oxford comma. King County Council votes unanimously for the Oxford comma 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The ! was a bit of a late bloomer — sprouting up from the period, which along with the comma, colon and question mark had been around for hundreds of years. Perspective | Sometimes it’s too much! But the exclamation point has a point. 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Penn amended Biden’s promise — “period, period, period, comma” — as he talked about the drilling project, and the audience booed. Biden climate legacy at stake after backlash over Willow 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z In fact, in the next part, when periods and commas reappeared, it took me a couple paragraphs to readjust. The epic family novel is alive and well in the masterful hands of Paul Murray 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z "It doesn't mean that every single comma and every single phrase is accepted by the government." Some Betsi health board executives may go, first minister says 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z And it voted that when writing legislation a comma must be used after the next-to-last item in a series of three or more items when the next-to-last and last items are separated by a conjunction. King County Council votes unanimously for the Oxford comma 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Adult mourning cloak, question mark and comma butterflies may overwinter next year in these piles. The case for a (somewhat) messy spring garden 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z “And I think I’d have added another comma to my net worth.” Opinion | God bless the pitch clock. And pizza-box bases. Baseball is fun again! 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z “How to properly summarize and correctly capitalize words and use commas,” said one student. Amid ChatGPT outcry, some teachers are inviting AI to class 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z “We’re going to take full advantage of that. So we’re not done. This is just the comma for the spring. But I love where we are, and what we have.” Coach Prime comes up big in 1st recruiting class at Colorado 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Council vote aside, there is no unanimity on the comma issue. King County Council votes unanimously for the Oxford comma 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z "House Democrats intend to use every rule in the rulebook, every sentence, every comma, every semicolon of the Texas Constitution to defend the right to vote," Fischer said. Two years after Texas’ voting rights showdown, lawmakers again push dozens of elections bills 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z She even used inverted commas to address him as president. Mbappé defends Zidane after Le Graët’s comments cause a stir 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z He couldn’t parse a job application, browse a takeout menu, recognize a comma or pronounce a contraction if he saw it on a page or screen. Learning to read, one TikTok at a time 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z I will miss sparring with her over what does and does not constitute an extraneous comma. Good night, everybody! 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z The Associated Press Stylebook, the touchstone for most American newspapers, generally does not approve of the Oxford comma. King County Council votes unanimously for the Oxford comma 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Negotiations over every word and comma are expected over the next months, with a vote potentially in early 2023. Tiny Vanuatu Uses Its ‘Unimportance’ to Launch Big Climate Ideas 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Climate diplomacy can be stupefying — a series of conferences during which intense debates rage about the placement of commas in official documents. Opinion | The Egypt climate conference showed progress on warming is in jeopardy 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z The annual conference of the parties, or COP, is where diplomats can debate for hours over the use of “urge” as opposed to “request,” and where an errant comma once ground negotiations to a standstill. Meet the ‘Closer’ Who Finds the Right Words When Climate Talks Hit a Wall 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z "We have, in inverted commas, 'a bad attitude', but that attitude has allowed us to carve out a niche for ourselves." Shirley Manson: 'Garbage got it in the neck from everyone' 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The Seattle Times, following AP style, generally does not use the Oxford comma. King County Council votes unanimously for the Oxford comma 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z It’s a a sharp departure from the nearly 30-year-old process of haggling over subparagraphs and the placement of commas in negotiating documents. Why the Upcoming Climate Talks Are Different from Past Ones 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Saunders loves to parody legal language, thick with appositive commas and capitalized terms, because he understands how that junk works at cross-purposes — it’s rigidly precise but designed mainly to cover things up. Review | The same George Saunders wears a heavier cloak in ‘Liberation Day’ 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z “She could fix things with a comma. She’s deft that way.” Meet the ‘Closer’ Who Finds the Right Words When Climate Talks Hit a Wall 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z “I recently told John that he was an exclamation point in a world full of commas. He liked that.” Globe-trotting AP photographer John Gaps III dies, age 63 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z “One little comma helps us avoid calling our grandparents dogs,” she wrote. King County Council votes unanimously for the Oxford comma 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z They also often lose their symmetric form and more resemble a comma. Fiona rushes at Atlantic Canada with strong rains and wind 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z They lose their symmetric form and can more resemble a comma. Powerful Hurricane Fiona roaring by Bermuda, then to Canada 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z As it confronts numerous urgent problems, Britain’s National Health Service has announced a new reform: abandoning the Oxford comma. Your Friday Briefing 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Although it is associated with the English city of Oxford, the Oxford comma is not actually considered standard in British English. U.K. Health Ministry Wants No Oxford Commas. Period. 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z “If a comma doesn’t help make clear what is being said, don’t use it,” they wrote in 2017. King County Council votes unanimously for the Oxford comma 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The date is followed by a comma as shown in red highlighting. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Grouping symbols in algebra are much like the commas, colons, and other punctuation marks in English. Elementary Algebra 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z After the first 30-some pages, “The Last White Man” comprises almost exclusively paragraph-long sentences, clause after clause stitched together comma after comma, droning like background noise, so repetitive as to feel like parody. ‘The Last White Man’: A look at racism, prejudice through a supernatural transformation 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z This Oxford comma has found itself in the British political spotlight before. U.K. Health Ministry Wants No Oxford Commas. Period. 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z “For want of a comma, we have this case,” U.S. King County Council votes unanimously for the Oxford comma 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z If you know you frequently misuse commas, refer to Punctuation, and check your sentences against the advice there. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z In a written number, commas separate the periods. Elementary Algebra 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z The collection starts with one of Sarah Kay’s most famous poems with one of my all-time favorite lines about love: “I will love you with too many commas, / but never any asterisks.” 5 poetry collections we’re loving this summer 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z That drew widespread criticism from Oxford comma enthusiasts, but it was met with fierce support for the one-comma approach that was rooted in national pride — a second comma was seen by many as an Americanism. U.K. Health Ministry Wants No Oxford Commas. Period. 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Then, the County Council voted unanimously to endorse the use of the Oxford comma. King County Council votes unanimously for the Oxford comma 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z For example, if your instructor has noted that you need to work on comma splices, you can refer to Sentence Errors, before you turn in a final draft of your writing. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Put the commas in to separate the periods. Elementary Algebra 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z Porzak would print out passages and Wiggins would make suggestions for moving commas, adding words, changing the flow of a sentence, until they were finally approved. How a daughter's love and a mother's tenacity saved Marianne Wiggins' novel 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Defenders of the comma will point to the value in its precision. U.K. Health Ministry Wants No Oxford Commas. Period. 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z That was a trick, right there — a bit of rhetorical tomfoolery to make you think the impassioned public testimony and the Oxford comma were connected. King County Council votes unanimously for the Oxford comma 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z A semicolon is also used to separate items in a series that contain commas. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z It is helpful to draw three blanks for the needed periods and then fill in the blanks with the numbers, separating the periods with commas. Elementary Algebra 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z The answer depends on what role the second comma is playing. Review | Reader does this question need a comma? A new book offers grammar help. 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z In 2018, a dairy in Maine resolved an overtime dispute with its drivers by agreeing to pay $5 million in a case that hinged on the absence of an Oxford comma in state law. U.K. Health Ministry Wants No Oxford Commas. Period. 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z In that sentence, some grammarians put a comma after the word sandwiches — that’s an Oxford comma — while some leave it out. King County Council votes unanimously for the Oxford comma 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Placing commas around a word or group of words within a sentence usually indicates that the information is not necessary for readers to understand the sentence’s meaning. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Put commas in the number to separate the periods. Elementary Algebra 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z Who cares about hyphens, commas and capital letters? Review | Reader does this question need a comma? A new book offers grammar help. 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z The largest term in the interval is written second, following a comma. Precalculus 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z “I personally have had to rewrite subsections of code to avoid using a serial comma,” Auzins said. King County Council votes unanimously for the Oxford comma 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Place commas around nonessential information, but not around essential information. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z The largest number in the interval is written second, following a comma. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z “I was there face to face with him. Line for line, comma for comma, and he doesn’t want to respect it,” EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier reminisced Friday, still showing bafflement at Johnson’s tactics. For EU, Johnson exit won’t change much; damage already done 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z A teardrop of blood had pooled in the corner of its eye, a crimson comma stark against its gray fur, but the squirrel was still breathing. Perspective | The drama and delight of nature in a suburban yard 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z The Chicago Manual of Style, probably the AP’s chief style competitor, recommends the Oxford comma. King County Council votes unanimously for the Oxford comma 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Place commas before, after, or around the nonessential information as appropriate. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Enter the items in the order “Expr”, “Variable”, “start”, “end” separated by commas. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z By contrast, GPT-3 has no advance knowledge about syntax: There are no human-programmed algorithms to ensure that its subjects and verbs are in agreement, or that a comma is inserted before an appositive. A.I. Is Mastering Language. Should We Trust What It Says? 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z The logo on the church‘s website is a rainbow swirl with a comma over it, a reminder to never “put a period where God has placed a comma, because God is still speaking.” As Supreme Court weighs abortion, some Christians challenge what it means to be 'pro-life' 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Still, the comma debate can elicit strong feelings. King County Council votes unanimously for the Oxford comma 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Be aware, however, that certain style manuals, such as the AP Stylebook, do not use the serial comma, also called the Oxford or Harvard comma. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z This ultra-positive movie is about hoping the rest of us say the same thing back, with an added a comma: “Thanks for flying, SpaceX!” Review: Documentary 'Return to Space' wraps a thrilling adventure story in Elon Musk's ego 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z “The comma doesn’t seem to come from the diple but from the virgule, the slash,” Houston said. Perspective | You can quote me: ‘Doesn’t anybody know how to use punctuation any more?’ 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z One especially baffling sentence in Section 15 — which lays out what is meant to happen when Congress counts the votes on Jan. 6 — is 275 words long and contains 21 commas and two semicolons. The 1887 Law Putting American Democracy at Risk 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z The law did not use an Oxford comma, and read as ambiguous. King County Council votes unanimously for the Oxford comma 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z When quoting directly, set off the quoted material from the signal phrase, or speaker tag, with a comma, as in Example 1 below. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z You can do this by typing the song name, adding a comma and putting the word "partner." 8 YouTube pro tricks for better searches and more privacy 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z “The comma arose to break up clauses of speech.” Perspective | You can quote me: ‘Doesn’t anybody know how to use punctuation any more?’ 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z “They can always put a comma after it and say, ‘but,’” he added. A Russian Pledge of No Invasion? Ukrainians Are Skeptical. 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z The mother posted a picture of the letter with copious corrections, faulting AEA for leaving out words, adding unnecessary commas, confusing subject-verb agreement, and more. Virginia teachers union mocked for grammatical errors in COVID-19 letter 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z When the quotation is broken up by a signal phrase, use quotation marks around the quotation and commas around the signal phrase. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z “I can’t help it. It’s that sentence with a chicken bone stuck in its throat, the one that interrupts itself — between dashes, commas, whatever — and then comes back around to shiv you in the ribs.” 'Often imitated but rarely matched': Writers reflect on Joan Didion's impact 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z So, now we have the concept that distinctive text or other people’s words should get some special mark and we have a vaguely spermatozoic mark called the comma. Perspective | You can quote me: ‘Doesn’t anybody know how to use punctuation any more?’ 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z “Everything had to work, every word, every comma,” Didion told Paris Review in 2006. Joan Didion dead, writer chronicled American culture with cool detachment 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z The show breaks free of cultural stereotypes and unapologetically introduces its audience to Native American slang, no explanatory commas given. Seattle Times staffers pick their 15 favorite TV shows of 2021 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Place periods and commas that belong to the quotation inside the quotation marks. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Paul Salamanca, one of his former deputies, said Clark was so attentive to detail they once argued over using an Oxford comma. Trump Justice ally Clark clashed with colleagues long before election drama 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z It’s likely they decided to take the comma, rotate it 180 degrees and move it to the top of the line: Voilà, a single open quote mark. Perspective | You can quote me: ‘Doesn’t anybody know how to use punctuation any more?’ 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Once September came and USC couldn’t stomach a pasting by Stanford, the bygone powerhouse hatched its coaching search and stammered through the forest full of big numbers and big commas. Analysis | By landing Lincoln Riley, USC reshapes the landscape and changes the game 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z With the discussions blowing past a Friday evening deadline, progress and disappointment was being measured in meaningful commas, clauses and phrases — as well as money. Climate talks march past deadline 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z For example, a textbook edition or version of a text would appear here, followed by a comma. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Messages from the climate talks this week have focused on ambition and equity more than commas and semicolons. As COP26 Climate Summit Continues, Attention Turns to Carbon Markets 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Move a regular comma up to the superscript position and you’ve got a close quote. Perspective | You can quote me: ‘Doesn’t anybody know how to use punctuation any more?’ 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z This “massive system” has the classic comma shape of a cyclone, a very low pressure middle and “frontal bands spiraling out hundreds of miles from the center,” he said. A ‘bomb cyclone’ of rain, wind is headed to the Seattle area 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z The animated, interlocking comma shapes of the head both smile and frown at once, the figure’s sensuous curves shrouded in somber hues of brown and mottled white against an elegant if dour plane of gray. Commentary: UCLA is selling a Picasso. Why that's a good thing 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Journals usually have both volume and issue numbers; include both in your citation, separated by commas. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z One recent case in Portland, Me., involving overtime for truck drivers hinged on the lack of an Oxford comma — the often-skipped final comma in a series like “A, B, and C” — in state law. Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post Lands a Man in Defamation Court 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Negotiators who normally huddle for hours in windowless rooms, debating commas and verbs in official documents, will also be encouraged to keep their masks on. How Do Thousands Prepare for a Climate Summit? With Difficulty. 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z As the weather system develops, the shape will change to more of a “comma,” according to the weather service. A rare cloud pattern is coming to the Seattle area, bringing wind and more rain 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z An earlier version of this report misstated the title for Mark Ackermann, principal broker and manager for Weichert, Realtors in Alexandria, Va. The story also omitted the comma between Weichert and Realtors. How you can prevent buyer’s remorse 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The next element in the citation is the publisher, followed by a comma. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z The case, settled in 2018 for $5 million, gained international notoriety when the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled that the missing comma created enough uncertainty to side with the drivers. Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post Lands a Man in Defamation Court 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z She is improving what she says are mistranslations, and much of her project involves simply inserting commas. Charged With Treason, a Genocide Survivor Opts to Fight, Not Flee 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z “I was given land,” Ryan wrote in a pre-Olympic recollection in the Guardian, then followed that passage with a comma and three dreamy words … In Fiji, even in desperate times, rugby sevens is ‘a game for us that stops everything’ 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z The number of commas, total punctuation and longer words were correlated with higher household income, for example, although that doesn’t necessarily equate to better writing. The Persistent Grip of Social Class on College Admissions 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z The entry with gold highlighting begins with the author’s last name, followed by a comma and the remainder of the name. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z It gave grammar obsessives and those who adore the Oxford comma a chance to revel in the victory. Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post Lands a Man in Defamation Court 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Matthews insisted that the “CIA approved every comma, every semicolon of my book.” Jason Matthews, spy novelist who drew on his experience in the CIA, dies at 69 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z By comparison, a comma and a colon could transform the old warhorse of grammar pedantry from, “A woman, without her man, is nothing,” into, “A woman: without her, man is nothing.” John Richards, bulwark for the apostrophe against grammatical ‘barbarians,’ dies at 97 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z On satellite imagery, the storm resembles a comma, with clouds rotating counterclockwise across nearly the entire central United States. Denver dumped on, Cheyenne crushed as record-breaking blizzard slams Colorado and Wyoming 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z It is generally italicized and followed by a comma. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z It’s a period on top of a comma, and it works like both a period and a comma. The Case for Semicolons 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Ike was sensitive and good-natured, and complimented my comma usage. L.A. Affairs: He's friends with all his exes. Except me. 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z A lot was expected, including extensive reading and study of poets, detailed memorizing of poems to every comma or period, and being prepared to recite one’s own new poems from memory. Poet and UW professor Theodore Roethke moved among mysteries — and literary legacy 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z Certainly not a comma or a colon or even a period. Opinion | America is fragile this Inauguration Day. Our power rests in the ability to pick ourselves up. 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z She frowns at me, and when I tell her that no-one in the world of online dating uses inverted commas correctly, she takes me to a bar. ‘My husband’s ashes are still unscattered, but we're doing OK’ 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z “Everybody always used to say that Sue knows where every comma is in the Paris Agreement,” said Nathaniel Keohane, senior vice president at the Environmental Defense Fund and a veteran of Obama’s White House. Biden Stocks Transition Teams with Climate Experts 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z From the front door you can see all the way out, to where Arrowhead Point juts like the tail of a comma into the calm afternoon waters of Carmel Bay. 'He's our Satan': Mega music manager Irving Azoff, still feared, still fighting 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z As we all know, that's it — 27 words with some oddly placed commas and capitalized terms. Amy Coney Barrett and the Second Amendment: Why her "expansive view" is utter BS 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z Apologies for the small print, and the commas and run on sentences. Before 'GLOW' got canceled, its actresses of color felt 'disempowered' by their roles 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Harris has taught others how to properly pronounce her first name by invoking a common punctuation mark: the comma. GOP senator who mocked Kamala Harris once asked Black supporter about Perdue chicken and Herman Cain 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Because The Post doesn’t require the serial comma, the reader is left to wonder whether Myke Towers is featured with Anitta or is a separate act. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Judging Justice Ginsburg — and the coverage of her death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The analysis found characteristics strongly suggestive of bots — such as double commas and dangling commas that often appear with automatic scripts — though at least some of the accounts were being operated by humans. Pro-Trump group pays teens in secretive online campaign likened to a ‘troll farm’ 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z According to "Fowler's Modern English Usage," there should be, in this case, no comma after "Militia" because what we see in the amendment is an instance of something called "absolute construction." Amy Coney Barrett and the Second Amendment: Why her "expansive view" is utter BS 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z “She cared about every word choice, every comma,” David DiBenedetto, editor in chief of Garden & Gun, tweeted after Ms. Reed’s death. Julia Reed, journalist and author who chronicled Southern foodways, dies at 59 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z “You’ve also got someone who, on a word level, is caring about things that sometimes you’re like, ‘well, let’s leave the commas to me.’ The Speech Joe Biden Has Been Preparing For His Entire Life 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Please support clear communication by requiring the consistent use of the Oxford comma. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Judging Justice Ginsburg — and the coverage of her death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z It’s been a nightmare, the pagination: one comma in the first of those columns would throw off 200 pages. DBC Pierre: 'You can be shut down from life because of one mistake' 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z Errant commas have proved their capacity for mischief in the Second Amendment. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z “Put periods at the end of things. Don’t use semicolons and commas and parentheses and ‘buts.’” A Black Republican Feels the Sting of Racism but Is Silent on Trump 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z We are not yet past the comma in that quote. Perspective | An 11-year-old boy’s killing isn’t proof black lives don’t matter to black people. It’s proof of our collective failure. 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z “The second rapine,” a teacher wrote, “could use a comma as well!” Pandemic escape: Volunteers transcribe Sally Ride’s papers, Rosa Parks’s recipes, Walt Whitman’s poems 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z A common sentiment, albeit one usually expressed with a comma in the middle. The Kyle Walker case: why not all coronavirus offenders are made equal | Jonathan Liew 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Voice Typing recognizes commands like “comma,” “period,” and “new paragraph” as well. 10 incredibly useful tech tips you’ll use over and over 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z Last week a comma butterfly, fresh from hibernation, guarded my house for three sunny days. Wildlife through the window: what readers have spotted during lockdown 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z “We have a policy,” Ho added, “against Oxford commas.” School’s closed, the year’s lost. But yearbook editors are not missing this deadline. 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z There’s even a voice command bar for adding punctuation like commas, question marks, and exclamation marks. Microsoft’s new Office app arrives on iOS and Android with mobile-friendly features 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z “We’re working on a peace and reconciliation plan, putting the commas in the right place, getting the sentences right,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters while traveling in Uzbekistan. EXCLUSIVE: U.S. forced to negotiate with Taliban despite attacks, envoy says 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z He says Johnson and his team paid a lot of attention “to every word and comma” of the political declaration. Brexit: Boris Johnson says UK should not be obliged to accept EU rules to secure trade deal – live news 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z “We’re working on a peace and reconciliation plan, putting the commas in the right place, getting the sentences right,” he said. US demands more from Taliban on ceasefire before deal 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z “I had to say: ‘In this caption, on the right side of the page, in the second sentence, you have to delete the Oxford comma,’ ” Cheng said. School’s closed, the year’s lost. But yearbook editors are not missing this deadline. 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z The Oxford comma is included before the final "and" in lists but it's not used universally and is often a topic of debate for grammar enthusiasts. Philip Pullman calls for boycott of new 50p 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z “I put inverted commas around those titles because I sincerely hope they won’t exist much longer.” Black Britons Wonder What Took Harry and Meghan so Long 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Many people simply work and invest their money over two or three decades to achieve a net worth with two commas. Perspective | Making financial resolutions for the New Year? Here are six books you need to read in 2020. 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z The brief note appeared to have cost some effort, every inky comma carefully considered. The making of a bedsit Nazi: who was the man who killed Jo Cox? 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Under the state’s constitution, the same legislation must pass again next year — with nary a word or comma changed. Opinion | Virginia Democrats finally have the opportunity to strike down gerrymandering 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Stig Abell, editor of the Times Literary Supplement, agreed with Pullman, tweeting: "The lack of a comma after 'prosperity' is killing me." Philip Pullman calls for boycott of new 50p 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z The listings, beginning with “the fact that” and separated by commas, aren’t just lumped together. Lucy Ellmann’s ‘Ducks, Newburyport’ is brilliant, addictive 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Vindman was the first official who heard Trump’s July 25 call with Zelensky firsthand and refuted Trump’s claim that the partial transcript released was a “word for word, comma for comma” transcript of his call. Trump threatens to expose information about Alexander Vindman “real soon” 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Trump has repeatedly, and falsely, said that the memorandum of the July Ukraine call is a “word for word, comma for comma” perfect transcript. How Trump will try to derail impeachment 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z A lyrical aesthete and a Flaubertian prose polisher, he is pictured, in “Lucky Per,” as the sickly poet Enevoldsen, fussing with his lorgnette at a Copenhagen café while worrying about “where to put a comma.” A Neglected Modern Masterpiece and Its Perverse Hero 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z He says he finally got lucky at a paint store because of a comma. Perspective | The hard pitch: Four men who spent time in prison are now hoping to convince people to invest in them 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z In Maslon’s review, one sentence included more than 100 words with nine semicolons, a sprinkling of parentheses and commas, and one colon. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Express will be missed 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z “Put a period there instead of a comma.” Trump’s Twitter War on Spelling 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Don’t say: “Correct spelling and punctuation. Maybe an Oxford comma at weekends.” Why emoji use could lead to more sex 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Beyond the commas and clauses of government rules, Mr. Miller and Mr. Trump are trying to change something deeper: America’s self-conception as a land of immigrants. How Stephen Miller Seized the Moment to Battle Immigration 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Beyond the commas and clauses of government rules, Miller and Trump are trying to change something deeper: America’s self-conception as a land of immigrants. How Stephen Miller rode an anti-immigration wave to the White House 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Farrar struggled at first on the SAT questions testing a student’s knowledge of commas, semicolons and apostrophes. These Baltimore teens’ summer job: Boosting their SAT scores 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z “I looked at it in a cursory way,” she told The Post, adding, “I mistook the comma versus the decimal point, so it added it extra zeros.” Dem socialist Julia Salazar allegedly dipped into trust fund during state senate campaign: report 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z We spent hours talking about the critical importance of the Oxford comma and lamenting how society doesn’t understand the proper use of the em dash. How pole dancing helped me explore my bisexuality 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z That comma is fascinating, perhaps a child’s grammatical error, yet already implying, as curator Paul Moorhouse notes in his catalogue essay, “an unfolding process”. Cindy Sherman: ‘I enjoy doing the really difficult things that people can’t buy’ 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z "It never started as us talking about 'issues'," admits Robins, miming inverted commas while clutching his E-cig. 'No faked chemistry' with 5 Live's new comics 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Taut yellow strings connected the tail fins to the grim mouths of sea bream, their silver backs curved like commas. Palermo Is Again a Migrant City, Shaped Now by Bangladeshis and Nigerians 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z “Style and content are always connected and I meant every word, comma and full stop. If you can’t be sharp and clear in an opinion piece then what is the point?” Racism, sexism, Nazi economics: Estonia's far right in power 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z The local press often puts the word "crossfire" in inverted commas, reflecting a widespread suspicion that sometimes these shoot-outs are staged. Yaba: The cheap synthetic drug convulsing a nation 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z An ambitious student who wants to protect her stellar GPA, Zoe patiently listens as Janine first reviews a litany of minor grammatical and stylistic lapses, from a missing comma to a lack of parallelism. Review: ‘Niceties’ at the Geffen turns a college history paper into revolutionary war 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z A month later, Mr. McCarry submitted his manuscript again — without so much as changing a comma. Charles McCarry, CIA officer who became a preeminent spy novelist, dies at 88 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Senate Democratic Leader Tim Lanane of Anderson faulted Republicans for replacing the list with “two words and a comma,” saying “It just simply doesn’t get the job done.” Gov. Holcomb plans public appeal on Indiana hate crimes law 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Voice Typing recognizes commands like "comma," "period" and "new paragraph." 10 digital tricks you’ll wish you knew before now 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z When a Twitter user going by the name of PlainPotatoess referred to himself as a comedian in his bio, even he used inverted commas. Real-life trolling: When a 'roast' becomes harassment 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z I wouldn’t want even a misplaced comma so I will promptly fix these footnotes and quotations as I have corrected other material that Vice contested. ‘I was up all night’ going through plagiarism claims, Jill Abramson says 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z “It’s ‘comma’ then add a ‘la’,” she told an audience in Washington, explaining that it means lotus in sanskrit. Kamala Harris officially enters US presidential race 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z “Just think like ‘comma,’ and add a ‘la.’ Sen. Kamala Harris defines her story as a potential presidential campaign nears 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z When the ancient Greeks rolled out a list, they would repeat καί between the items, and this repetitive “and” would have no more weight than a serial comma. Mary Norris: Greek to Me 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Then it must pass with no changes — not even a comma — in the session one year later. Opinion | Amend Virginia’s constitution to ban gerrymandering 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z He insisted that he would not allow even “one comma” of the budget to be changed. Italy and E.U. Reach a Budget Deal, as Populist Plan Runs Into Reality 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Every time you tweet, a comma gets its wings. “Smocking gun” is the new “covfefe”: Twitter erupts after Trump misspells the same word t... 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The memo goes on to state that Flynn “participated in 19 interviews” and “provided documents and communications” followed immediately by another redaction without a comma, indicating “and” some other form of information. It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up; that’s what Flynn’s collaboration with Mueller wil... 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Officials say only the date of entry into force – 30 March 2019 – would be changed if article 50 was extended, and not a comma more. Brexit: EU dismisses May's claim that deal might be renegotiated 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z This is a milieu, in which, as the playwright writes in a note in the published script, the F-word “is often used as a comma, or as a vocalized pause, akin to the word ‘like.’” Review: Martyna Majok's Pulitzer-winning drama 'Cost of Living' has found an ideal home at Fountain Theatre - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z He blew up at me because they left out a comma in his text. Calendar Letters: All the little details of Paul Simon 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Did most of them just contribute a comma or a period? Some scientists publish more than 70 papers a year. Here’s how—and why—they do it 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z MealPal, which operates in a number of large cities, is a lifesaver for anyone with a net worth south of two commas. Am I Paying Too Little for Stuff? 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z “I tend to shift tone from paragraph to paragraph and sentence to sentence, and even sometimes on either side of a comma,’ said Enright. In these dark times, embracing laughter is an ethical choice | Charlotte Wood 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z So as a reminder, the Stylebook doesn't prohibit all Oxford commas. Analysis | The Daily 202: The U.S. economy is thriving. Can Republicans ride that to a midterm upset? 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z “I was like, maybe I should be more standardized in what I use and just stick with periods and commas,” he said. The New Texting Anxiety: Unraveling the Difference Between OK and OK! 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Maybe get back to me if you have the gnomes timestamp, comma drumstick. Ron Judd explains how to outsmart your smart technology 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z A framed poster of a Tesla Model S with a big red comma superimposed over it hangs on the wall. George Hotz is on a hacker crusade against the ‘scam’ of self-driving cars 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z We are pretty sure that sentence is missing several words and roughly 17 commas. The best-named fireworks of 2018 and what the hell they do - Golf Digest 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z If omitting a comma could lead to confusion or misinterpretation, then use the comma. Analysis | The Daily 202: The U.S. economy is thriving. Can Republicans ride that to a midterm upset? 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Cole says he’s not one for “method” acting – he does disdainful inverted commas with his fingers when he says the word – but admits he found it difficult to shake this one. Joe Cole: ‘I was ready to deliver a kicking’ 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z That’s actually a list – crumb sausage, comma, a roll, comma, and sauce, which was basically a hotdog. Tim Minchin: ‘These days I’m a hypocritical philosophical vegetarian’ 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Traditionally, summits between heads of state follow months of lower-level meetings in which officials work out a deal, haggling over every clause and comma, while choreographing the interactions of the top leaders in advance. Top U.S. and North Korean envoys hold last-minute talks in hopes of Singapore summit breakthrough 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z When I was employed as a copy editor, I thought more about comma placement and modifier placement than I did about economic and political displacement. How LinkedIn turned this “Failmom” into a socialist 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z The implication that all there is to writing a composition is a sense of direction about commas also gives Holden “a royal pain.” Reading “The Catcher in the Rye” in 1951 1951-08-04T04:00:00Z He tells people that “‘Everybody calls me ‘Sela Ward’s husband, comma, Howard.’ Actress Sela Ward’s husband plays on her fame in Senate race 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z He tells people that “‘Everybody calls me ‘Sela Ward’s husband, comma, Howard.'” Actress Sela Ward’s husband plays on her fame in Senate race 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z “I’m pretty sure when I need a comma; I’m not so sure about a semicolon.” The Social Media Genius of Keith Hernandez 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z And is there a comma missing in this claim? The true secret of happiness? Accepting that there isn’t one 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Finally, it’s important to note that, in a deeper way, none of this — not one space or two, not “tabs versus spaces,” or the entire Oxford comma debate — really matters. Please don’t use this study to justify your horrible habit of using two spaces after periods 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z “I was told, ‘you’re being shamed’,” she gestures the inverted commas of internet shaming. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘This could be the beginning of a revolution’ 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z What, might I ask, is, the purpose, of all, if you can see it, these commas?! Where Countries Are Tinderboxes and Facebook Is a Match 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z Now, if there’s a comma, we want to pause as if there’s a comma, but not as if there’s a period. How to read poetry like a professor 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Encouraging others through art of any kind is just one of the ways Carter measures her success, which was something she questioned one day when she didn’t see a bunch of commas and zeros. Artist raises money for breast cancer organization 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z He had not yet rolled out his exclamation point only to crumple like a comma. Opinion | Democrats Are Primed for 2018 and Looking Pretty in 2020 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Their deals sound spectacular, heavy on zeros and commas, but they are light on certainty. Kirk Cousins's Vikings deal is a sign NFL players won't be exploited anymore 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z The effect is enhanced by a breezy disinterest in commas, as well as his distinctive turns of phrase: People “ankle” places instead of going to them, and exaggeration is “elasticating the truth.” Is this Andrew Lloyd Webber 'Unmasked' in a new memoir? Mmm, not quite 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Stephen Hickey, representing the United Kingdom, said the council argued “over commas” as Syrian warplanes bombed civilians in their hospitals and homes. Doctors in besieged Syrian enclave treating new wounds while waiting on cease-fire 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, and for want of an Oxford comma five million dollars were lost. Facebook is coding a whole new class system | Arwa Mahdawi 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Ending a case that electrified punctuation pedants, grammar goons and comma connoisseurs, Oakhurst Dairy settled an overtime dispute with its drivers that hinged entirely on the lack of an Oxford comma in state law. Oxford Comma Dispute Is Settled as Maine Drivers Get $5 Million 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The disagreement stemmed from the fact there’s no Oxford, or serial, comma in the “packing for shipment or distribution” part. Drivers, and Oxford comma, come up big in lawsuit settlement 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z "When you write a script, you don't have to worry about Oxford commas, semicolons and proper quotation marks. It was a big challenge and now I'm obsessed with it." YouTube star Mamrie Hart kept her real-life adventures (mostly) secret to write 'I've Got This Round' 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Then another phrase followed with an internal comma needed before the semicolon. Opinion | A thought-provoking column on contemporary politics 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z The case hinged on whether a group of drivers qualified for overtime pay under a clause in Maine state law that was ambiguous due to the lack of a serial comma. Facebook is coding a whole new class system | Arwa Mahdawi 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z What followed the last comma in the first sentence was the crux of the matter: “packing for shipment or distribution of.” Oxford Comma Dispute Is Settled as Maine Drivers Get $5 Million 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Dressed in tailored suits and perfectly tied ascots, his silver hair forming twin inverted commas over his brow, he creates a man obsessed with perfection. ‘Phantom Thread,’ with a silky Daniel Day-Lewis, casts a remarkable spell 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z “You are terrible journalist,” he added, missing either a comma or an “a.” Anthony Scaramucci slams ‘fake news’ report that he’s eyeing White House comeback 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Thomas Zaslavsky bemoans "... the missing commas in this otherwise entertaining science article." How Layers in a Latte Form 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z “I would sit and discuss the position of a comma for half an hour—they were that detail-oriented,” said Mr. Harrold, 55 years old. Want to Predict the Next North Korean Missile Test? Try Studying Its Library of Verbal Insults 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Had there been a comma after “shipment,” the meaning would have been clear. Oxford Comma Dispute Is Settled as Maine Drivers Get $5 Million 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Some users noticed the position of the first comma appeared off and expressed their doubts about the legitimacy of the photo. Priyanka Chopra's quarter-million unread emails 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z House and Senate Republicans are still wrangling over the final version, and every comma is subject to change. Tax Plan Crowns a Big Winner: Trump’s Industry 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Has anyone else noticed the missing commas in this otherwise entertaining science article? How Layers in a Latte Form 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z For most of the republic’s lifespan, from 1791 to 2008, those commas and clauses were debated by attorneys and senators, slave owners and freedmen, judges, Black Panthers, governors and lobbyists. The right to bear arms: what does the second amendment really mean? 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z David G. Webbert, a lawyer who represented the drivers, stated it plainly in an interview in March: “That comma would have sunk our ship.” Oxford Comma Dispute Is Settled as Maine Drivers Get $5 Million 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Had “distribution” been set off by an extra comma, there would have been no ambiguity at all, and no dispute. The power of the comma 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z They just chose something where they can use "stoked" like commas and get away with it, and that's totally cool with us. Swiss freeskier's crazy Olympic training routine is like a human Rube Goldberg machine - Golf Digest 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Thomas Zaslavsky bemoans "... the missing commas in this otherwise entertaining science article." How Layers in a Latte Form 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z “El Paso comma Texas,” Herman said in his posh Texas football office last week. Before landing the big job at Texas, Tom Herman worked the little jobs in Texas 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z So now we get to replace Oxford comma pedantry with semicolon pedantry. Oxford Comma Dispute Is Settled as Maine Drivers Get $5 Million 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The serial comma appears before the last item in a list: “red, white, and blue” has it; “red, white and blue” does not. The power of the comma 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z There were no commas in my most recent bank statements. My dog was there to help me grow up — and help me keep going 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z We have only inverted commas to police the line between coded volition and the real thing. Algorithms outdo us. But we still prefer human fallibility | Rafael Behr 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Conservationists want the public to chart the progress of the comma during this year's annual Big Butterfly Count. 'Extraordinary' comma butterfly colonises Scotland - BBC News 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z If you really want to get amped and are looking for a game "with a comma," it's a more select crowd. Undercover Tour Pro: There is gambling at Bushwood, and during tour events, too - Golf Digest 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Those who like hard rules must accept that the comma is an oddball among the punctuation marks, in two ways. The power of the comma 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z But, never is a comma changed without the writer’s approval. Opinion | Homage to a great editor 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z The text contained two mentions of the Western Wall, in inverted commas, and otherwise used a Muslim term for that location, the Buraq Plaza. UNESCO’s tricky balancing act between religious and secular forces 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z The orange and brown-coloured comma - Polygonia c-album - takes its name from a white marking on its underside that is shaped like a comma. 'Extraordinary' comma butterfly colonises Scotland - BBC News 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Given his age and recent performances in the tournament, many around the game view this as the logical period, rather than an ellipsis or comma, to Mickelson's Open endeavors. U.S. Open be damned, Phil Mickelson's leaving a winning legacy - Golf Digest 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z The comma, however, was not originally intended as a grammatical mark, but a place to pause for breath. The power of the comma 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The UK's version - originally the spikier "Brixit" in a 2012 piece in the Economist - used to come adorned with inverted commas, reflecting that it referred to a thought experiment or imaginary future. Election Lexicon: Glumbuckets, nudity and Star Trek training - BBC News 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Amid the customer questions about this or that recording, I overhear a conversation about the Oxford comma. You’re going where? Ann Arbor. 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Don’t overuse the semicolon; it is a muscular comma when used correctly. So you want to be a writer? Essential tips for aspiring novelists 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z The heavily parsed legal language is filled with double negatives and strung together by commas into one jawbreaker sentence that often leaves you puzzled. Georgia editorial roundup 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z So the comma in this sentence is not grammatical, but stylistic. The power of the comma 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z "So if they can just survive, in inverted commas, that first season in the Premier League, I do think they're a club that will push on from there." Brighton & Hove Albion: From the brink of disaster to the Premier League 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Uncontracted Braille simply consists of the 26 characters of the alphabet and various punctuation symbols such as the period and comma, but does not include abbreviations or contractions. Student takes part in Braille Bee 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Every now and then we have to disregard the serial comma, or leave our participles dangling, even in the rudest way. So you want to be a writer? Essential tips for aspiring novelists 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z The inadvertent comma had saved the condemned man’s life and the state had repealed the death penalty before the warden discovered the error. Howard Chasanow, judge on Maryland Court of Appeals, dies at 79 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z One reader might look at a passage and find it woefully short of commas; another might find it overstuffed with them. The power of the comma 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Do you know how many times I’ve misplaced a comma or made a typo and been reminded about it the next day by someone on Twitter -- or worse, by my mom? Lexi Thompson's heartbreak, Snoop Dogg's Masters party, and all eyes on Augusta National - Golf Digest 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z |
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