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) |
