Tuesday, April 04, 2017

The price of pedantry

Anyone who thinks being fussy about punctuation is pedantic and ludicrous might like to consider the case of Maine company Oakhurst Dairy, who have recently discovered that the omission of an all-important serial comma could cost them up to $10 million. Here's the New York Times' Daniel Victor to explain.

(Thanks to Adam for the link.)

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