#commas — Public Fediverse posts

Second in revising my long-referenced #grammar guide - but easily most confused and confusing - #commas!

Sing it with me - comma, comma, comma, chameleoooon
https://kathybrysonblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/22/commas/

#writing #amwriting #writingtip #revising #editing #publishing #professionalism!

Second in revising my long-referenced #grammar guide - but easily most confused and confusing - #commas!

Sing it with me - comma, comma, comma, chameleoooon
https://kathybrysonblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/22/commas/

#writing #amwriting #writingtip #revising #editing #publishing #professionalism!

Second in revising my long-referenced #grammar guide - but easily most confused and confusing - #commas!

Sing it with me - comma, comma, comma, chameleoooon
https://kathybrysonblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/22/commas/

#writing #amwriting #writingtip #revising #editing #publishing #professionalism!

Second in revising my long-referenced #grammar guide - but easily most confused and confusing - #commas!

Sing it with me - comma, comma, comma, chameleoooon
https://kathybrysonblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/22/commas/

#writing #amwriting #writingtip #revising #editing #publishing #professionalism!

#Design #Guides
Using dashes · How to apply them more mindfully than AI https://ilo.im/16axcj

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#Dashes #Hyphens #Commas #Typography #Content #Blog #Website #ProductDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

#Design #Guides
Using dashes · How to apply them more mindfully than AI https://ilo.im/16axcj

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#Dashes #Hyphens #Commas #Typography #Content #Blog #Website #ProductDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

Sooner or later we have to come to terms with the fact that the internet has radicalized a whole generation of people who would otherwise not hold extreme views about the Oxford comma

#writing #commas #punctuation #OxfordComma #SerialComma #WritingCommunity #editing

Sooner or later we have to come to terms with the fact that the internet has radicalized a whole generation of people who would otherwise not hold extreme views about the Oxford comma

#writing #commas #punctuation #OxfordComma #SerialComma #WritingCommunity #editing

@Deixis9

Wow, what a find, thank you for the link.

Matthew Zipf has written an elegant & perceptive essay on style, Renata Adler and the comma. A text that warrants reflection and re-reading.

#Style #writing #commas #MatthewZipf #RenataAdler #JoanDidion

@Deixis9

Wow, what a find, thank you for the link.

Matthew Zipf has written an elegant & perceptive essay on style, Renata Adler and the comma. A text that warrants reflection and re-reading.

#Style #writing #commas #MatthewZipf #RenataAdler #JoanDidion

'Punctuation controls two things: logical separation and breath… Writers weigh each role differently.'

Matthew Zipf on Renata Adler's commas:

https://theamericanscholar.org/in-the-matter-of-the-commas

#books #reading #writing #fiction #punctuation #commas #bookstodon @bookstodon

@grammargirl

I'm sure you've seen this, but it amuses me - so I thought I'd share it with you 😄

https://otb.cachefly.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/oxford-comma-jfk-stalin.jpg

#OxfordComma #SerialComma #commas

@grammargirl

I'm sure you've seen this, but it amuses me - so I thought I'd share it with you 😄

https://otb.cachefly.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/oxford-comma-jfk-stalin.jpg

#OxfordComma #SerialComma #commas

If a book title uses a comma, but not an Oxford comma, is it all right to add an Oxford when I quote the title if the meaning is preserved?

#Commas #Books #Titles

This #Nature headline is a great example why #commas are important – and when a comma changes the subject.

Fixed it:
Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter seeding angst and uncertainty

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0

This #Nature headline is a great example why #commas are important – and when a comma changes the subject.

Fixed it:
Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter seeding angst and uncertainty

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0

oh my god.

'#Commas and #Periods with #QuotationMarks': A History Lesson and Explanation of the Conflict between Countries [subhead my addition]
https://cmosshoptalk.com/2020/10/20/commas-and-periods-with-quotation-marks/

#AmEditing #EditingCommunity #CMoS #ChicagoManualOfStyle

oh my god.

'#Commas and #Periods with #QuotationMarks': A History Lesson and Explanation of the Conflict between Countries [subhead my addition]
https://cmosshoptalk.com/2020/10/20/commas-and-periods-with-quotation-marks/

#AmEditing #EditingCommunity #CMoS #ChicagoManualOfStyle

#Commas save lives.

#English #Spelling #Grammar

#Commas save lives.

#English #Spelling #Grammar

65.48% of my #focus at any point in the day is spent being #vigilant about #Oxford #commas.

Here's why we #editors generally don't leave a comma now in a name before the suffixes "Jr.," "II," "III," "IV," and so on: https://cmosshoptalk.com/2019/12/10/how-strunk-lost-his-comma/

#chicagomanualofstyle #editing #commas #Bookstodon

Here's why we #editors generally don't leave a comma now in a name before the suffixes "Jr.," "II," "III," "IV," and so on: https://cmosshoptalk.com/2019/12/10/how-strunk-lost-his-comma/

#chicagomanualofstyle #editing #commas #Bookstodon

I’m really annoyed with Apple’s latest #software update. Specifically, the #dictation feature for texts. It throws in commas EVERYWHERE! If I was dictating, it might look like “It throws in, commas everywhere!” I realize this is a #GrammarGeek #PunctuationGeek #problem, but it’s slowing me down because I have to go back and delete random commas. If anyone can tell me how to make it stop, I’d be so grateful. 🙏😩 #Apple #Commas #Comma #Punctuation #Grammar #SoftwareUpdate

I’m really annoyed with Apple’s latest #software update. Specifically, the #dictation feature for texts. It throws in commas EVERYWHERE! If I was dictating, it might look like “It throws in, commas everywhere!” I realize this is a #GrammarGeek #PunctuationGeek #problem, but it’s slowing me down because I have to go back and delete random commas. If anyone can tell me how to make it stop, I’d be so grateful. 🙏😩 #Apple #Commas #Comma #Punctuation #Grammar #SoftwareUpdate

Why is #iOS voice #dictation suddenly introducing a thousand #commas into every sentence?

#iphone #tech #support

Why is #iOS voice #dictation suddenly introducing a thousand #commas into every sentence?

#iphone #tech #support

"A comma does nothing but make easy a thing that if you like it enough is easy enough without the comma." —Gertrude Stein, On Punctuation

(I don't agree, but I like the line.) #writing #punctuation #commas

"A comma does nothing but make easy a thing that if you like it enough is easy enough without the comma." —Gertrude Stein, On Punctuation

(I don't agree, but I like the line.) #writing #punctuation #commas

The Punctuation Guide https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/ #punctuation #parentheses #cheatsheet #semicolon #brackets #commas #hyphen #guide #point #slash #colon #dash