tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post6931671351116790240..comments2024-03-28T15:17:18.477-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Punctuation in the newsMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-30560415821845787162011-07-05T08:21:31.437-05:002011-07-05T08:21:31.437-05:00I'm all in favor of the Oxford comma, to the p...I'm all in favor of the Oxford comma, to the point where I can't think of an instance in which it <i>doesn't</i> help to clarify the meaning of a sentence. Regrettably, the magazine to which I most often contribute eschews the terminal comma in almost every instance, requiring me to remove it from my work just before I submit. Terribly confusing, and I dare say there are folks around Oxford who are now in the same boat.<br /><br />Especially now that so many of us publish on-line, the need to save space (which commas do take up, in print) is now moot. Shouldn't this new reality give us further license to use Oxford commas -- even to render ourselves commatose?William V. Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-58380028326543970432011-07-03T12:04:38.683-05:002011-07-03T12:04:38.683-05:00I remember the interrobang, which seems to me a se...I remember the interrobang, which seems to me a seventies thing, though it was invented in 1962. I think <i>mark</i> makes better sense, but I use <i>point</i> from habit.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-20092211864598443102011-07-03T11:48:35.891-05:002011-07-03T11:48:35.891-05:00I've always leaned toward "exclamation ma...I've always leaned toward "exclamation mark" rather than "exclamation point", owing to "question mark", though either is accepted. Of course, I'll avoid raising the specter of the interrobang. :)Seannoreply@blogger.com