Posted in comma clout, comma confusion, craves a comma, tagged AP, comma, English, headline, news, Obama, punctuation, use, vacation, Web, writing, Yahoo on August 31, 2009| 6 Comments »
Wayne, from Blaine, Minnesota, USA, writes:
AP headline needs a comma
Headline reads: “Analysis: Summer vacation is over Obama”
Yahoo’s edition has the comma missing: (click here to view)
And so does the version on the AP’s site: (click here to view)
Do YOU know where the comma should go? Please comment.
Posted in comma clout, comma confusion, craves a comma, tagged comma, English, LIFE Magazine, needed, news, punctuation, required, Robert McNamara, writing on July 6, 2009| Leave a Comment »
A loyal reader sent us this photo and asks:
“Where’s the comma? Look at the caption of this picture. Must have been quite a press conference.”
Photo source: LIFE Magazine, Robert McNamara: Life and Times
Posted in comma confusion, other punctuation perils, tagged comma, communication, English, Globe and Mail, headline, million, news, punctuation, quirk, Rogers, Web on June 5, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Of course, we just had to post this article from The Globe and Mail! Now, this is true comma clout!
“Comma quirk irks Rogers”
(click here for the true story)
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