Friday, December 30, 2022

spot the error

Just saw this in an Instapundit comment thread. What's wrong?

Way I always heard it, the side that makes the least mistakes, wins the war.

This is why "Commas mark pauses" is a bad rule.



3 comments:

  1. I would start by eliminating the comma between the subject and the predicate (one of my biggest pet peeves).

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  2. Zackly. I can forgive the first comma, which comes after a folksy introductory phrase, but that subject/predicate interruption in the main clause is impardonnable.

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  3. I'm staying out of this one--above my pay grade.

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