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There are 5 posts tagged: in defence of the Oxford comma

Twofer?
7 January 2025

Another death in the film industry, this time the suicide of director and screenwriter Jeff Baena, gives Emma Saunders opportunity to enlighten us as to his cinematic triumphs.

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Iranian awakening
16 October 2023

Through his and his wife's tragic murders, Kathryn Armstrong introduces the work of Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjui to those of us who'd lived in blissful ignorance until now.

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Name that boy
13 March 2023

I came across this handy-and-dandy list of one-syllable names for baby boys, compiled by Jacqueline at Parent Portfolio:

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The Duchess of Memphis
23 January 2023

The UK's former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Thérèse Coffey, might not appreciate the importance of the Oxford comma, but we do, don't we kids? As in this example: the droid reporting on the memorial service for Lisa Marie Presley.

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A warm, Ufizzi feeling(exclamation)
22 December 2022

The director of the Uffizi Galleries, Eike Schmidt, has laid down rules to his staff for email etiquette. These include no shouty writing; care with underlining; and a prohibition on excessive punctuation, particularly exclamation marks!!!!!

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