Re: Newsweek Article: "The Sad Fate of the Comma"

Subject: Re: Newsweek Article: "The Sad Fate of the Comma"
From: Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM>
To: "'Techwr-l'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:46:09 +1000

neilson -at- windstream -dot- net wrote:
> Yes, I'm sure, the writer is, correct. We should come, to the
> defense of, the comma, by using several, of them, to very, great
> excess. Then, if most of them get, stripped out, there, will
> still, be a few left to show, how we need, to, pause and think,
> from time, to time, always keeping guard, against, armed pandas.
>
> ,,Peter Neilson,,
>

In a similar vein:

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-- Janice

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