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
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.
Let’s see…magic wand and an author whose last name is Rawling. Unhunh. Close ’nuff for ya?
It’s not fair to blame the cover for this, but the lack of the Oxford comma really bothers me here for some reason.
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
When listing something, a comma before an “and” is a grammatical error in spanish. I used to think it was the same in english.
That barely visible comma almost made me thing there was a character in it named Pythagoras Newton. Which could have actually held some promise.
Coincidentally, that’s my stripper name.
Factoid duly filed in my black mail folder.
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.”
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.
Pythagorus Newton and the Short-Fingered Sorcerer somehow seems to fit.