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...Vampire Weekend has a new single out, Oxford Comma (link to YouTube video).
This pleases me no end.
This pleases me no end.
OK, Enough is Enough
May. 19th, 2008 04:05 pmDear folks that write radio ad copy,
That thingy in Web addresses, the "/"? That is a virgule, AKA a slash. It is not, I repeat *not*, a back slash. If someone were to type the Web address with a backslash, they wouldn't get anywhere. To show you the difference, here's a back slash: \. Here, in fact, are multiple: \\\\\\. They should never appear in URLs. Never ever.
And why is it that you can say "www.blahblah.com-slash-purplemonkey" but then you say "backslash-dishwasher"? I mean, if you look at the URL, it's the same punctuation mark. Trust me.
In the name of punctuation clarity and proper punctuation identity,
--Me
That thingy in Web addresses, the "/"? That is a virgule, AKA a slash. It is not, I repeat *not*, a back slash. If someone were to type the Web address with a backslash, they wouldn't get anywhere. To show you the difference, here's a back slash: \. Here, in fact, are multiple: \\\\\\. They should never appear in URLs. Never ever.
And why is it that you can say "www.blahblah.com-slash-purplemonkey" but then you say "backslash-dishwasher"? I mean, if you look at the URL, it's the same punctuation mark. Trust me.
In the name of punctuation clarity and proper punctuation identity,
--Me
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May. 6th, 2008 07:07 pmAnd now, the sign that prompted this morning's thought question:
The irony of it all is that one of the main foci of the funding hoped for under this question (a proposed override of Proposition 2 1/2) is earmarked for programs for Brookline public schools.
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The irony of it all is that one of the main foci of the funding hoped for under this question (a proposed override of Proposition 2 1/2) is earmarked for programs for Brookline public schools.
A Thought Question
May. 6th, 2008 10:55 amIs it wrong of me to vote against someone/something because there's an extraneous apostrophe in the signs supporting it?
(This question brought to you on account of today's town election in Brookline.)
(This question brought to you on account of today's town election in Brookline.)
And Another Link
Apr. 25th, 2008 11:13 amThis time, on the current comma crisis.
(I've always had a theory about commas -- that there's a comma continuum and for each comma I remove from one author's prose, I add one to another author's prose. Perhaps this is a glitch in that system.)
(I've always had a theory about commas -- that there's a comma continuum and for each comma I remove from one author's prose, I add one to another author's prose. Perhaps this is a glitch in that system.)
Why Hyphens are Important
Feb. 11th, 2008 01:04 pmBecause there are differences among:
-- stinky-fish-eating coworker
-- stinky fish-eating coworker
-- stinky fish eating coworker
If a stinky fish were eating my coworker, I'd be concerned. The other two are just annoyances.
-- stinky-fish-eating coworker
-- stinky fish-eating coworker
-- stinky fish eating coworker
If a stinky fish were eating my coworker, I'd be concerned. The other two are just annoyances.
