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Hitch
4 years ago

Let’s see…magic wand and an author whose last name is Rawling. Unhunh. Close ’nuff for ya?

Zsuzsa
Zsuzsa
4 years ago

It’s not fair to blame the cover for this, but the lack of the Oxford comma really bothers me here for some reason.

Naaman Brown
Naaman Brown
4 years ago
Reply to  Zsuzsa

Working in the computerized typesetting department of a full service book manufacturer for 34 years, I learned the importance of commas in separating items of a list.

Using “Oxford comma” before the “and” in a ist of separate items is not just pedantic. In a bibliography,
Author1,
Author2 and Author3

are Author1 and the team of Author2 and Author3,
while
Author1,
Author2,
and Author3

are three authors.

Pythagorus,
Newton and the Tale of the Ruby

is different from
Pythagorus,
Newton,
and the Tale of the Ruby

El cochinote
4 years ago
Reply to  Naaman Brown

When listing something, a comma before an “and” is a grammatical error in spanish. I used to think it was the same in english.

Myk
Myk
4 years ago

That barely visible comma almost made me thing there was a character in it named Pythagoras Newton. Which could have actually held some promise.

Naaman Brown
Naaman Brown
4 years ago
Reply to  Nathan

Factoid duly filed in my black mail folder.

Zsuzsa
Zsuzsa
4 years ago
Reply to  Nathan

I’m a serious prude, but I’m also enough of a geek that I might be tempted to go see a stripper named “Pythagoras Newton.”

Naaman Brown
Naaman Brown
4 years ago
Reply to  Myk

The more I look at that “comma” in the field of stars I suspect it is actually a comet and the title is actually
Pythagorus Newton and
the Tale of the Ruby

I retract my “Oxford comma” comment.

red
red
4 years ago
Reply to  Naaman Brown

Pythagorus Newton and the Short-Fingered Sorcerer somehow seems to fit.