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We Can Be Back In The Black If We Just Think Ink
We have all been urged to help our ailing economy any way we can. Turn off lights, drive less, etc. I have an idea. Be more judicious with punctuation, especially commas. Many of them, are, simply, not, necessary.
However, the tendency not to use three commas when citing a list of more than two nouns really irks me, and it can be confusing. I wish I could quote whoever said this, and I paraphrase: I would like to thank my parents, God and Betty. Spend a comma when its needed. We can be back in the black in no time. In the previous sentence alone, had I not dotted two is, a small amount of ink would be saved.
You could still understand the sentence and it adds up. We still need
periods. Just not at the top of lower case Is.
I have begun a campaign not to use quote marks when apostrophes will do. They still set apart a quote, and they save half the ink!
The possible savings are endless. (to be continued)
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