“Well, start waving and yelling, because it is the so-called Oxford comma and it is a lot more dangerous than its exclusive, ivory-tower moniker might suggest. There are people who embrace the Oxford comma and people who don't, and I'll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken. Oh, the Oxford comma. Here, in case you don't know what it is yet, is the perennial example, as espoused by Harold Ross: "The flag is red, white, and blue." So what do you think of it? Are you for or against it? Do you hover in between?” PeopleThinkingKnowsWellsHas BeensMightWhiteCasesTakenDangerousExampleDrinkRedBlueEmbraceFlagsTowersExclusiveYellingOxfordIvoryIvory TowerRed White And Blue Author:Lynne Truss
“Proper punctuation is both the sign and the cause of clear thinking.” ThinkingCausesClearPunctuationClear Thinking Author:Lynne Truss
“We have a language that is full of ambiguities; we have a way of expressing ourselves that is often complex and elusive, poetic and modulated; all our thoughts can be rendered with absolute clarity if we bother to put the right dots and squiggles between the words in the right places. Proper punctuation is both the sign and the cause of clear thinking. If it goes, the degree of intellectual impoverishment we face is unimaginable.” IfsThinkingWayFacesLanguageCausesClearDegreesIntellectualAbsolutesComplexesClarityBotherPoeticOur ThoughtsAmbiguityRight PlaceElusiveDotsUnimaginablePunctuationClear Thinking Author:Lynne Truss
“In my worst moments, I think the biggest effect of 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' was to kill the happiness of people who had previously skipped through life, unaware of all the atrocities lurking in the world around them.” PeopleThinkingWorldMomentsWorstEffectsAtrocitiesLurkingWorst Moments Author:Lynne Truss
