Arthur D. Hlavaty

The 5 best punctuation marks in literature

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Proud to Be British hoodie needs an apostrophe. Reminds me of the cover of Bill Cosby’s Come On, People leaving out the comma.

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Donald E. Westlake defends the semicolon. This is from his nonfiction collection The Getaway Car, which everyone should read.

As you know, Bob, Kurt Vonnegut said that we are what we pretend to be and then pretended to be a lovable simpleton. Since we are at most also what we pretend to be, Vonnegut remained a brilliant writer most of the time, but every so often he would say something like “Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.” Not only is the semicolon a useful device for people who do not want to write like lovable simpletons, but it can save lives.

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Oxford has not abandoned the Oxford comma; its PR department has, thus perhaps demonstrating that a PR department is a PR department anywhere.

Thanx to Lisa Gold: Research Maven et al.

In the proud tradition of Bill Cosby's COME ON PEOPLE, Tails Magazine suggests Rachael Ray's secret ingredient.

Thanx to Making Light et al.