Subj : Int'l Pickles Week - 2
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Mon May 26 2025 07:42 pm

Hi Sean,

-=> Dave Drum wrote to Ruth Haffly <=-

DD> As I told her - Cheddar is an actual place so it's a "proper" noun and
DD> thus capitalised. As to the commas - it's second nature to my editor
DD> gene - and it costs nothing to be grammatically correct.

SD> I was a newspaper proofreader and this sign was in our office:

SD> ===
SD> "I love eating my family and my dog." "I love eating, my family, and
SD> my dog."

SD> Commas save lives.
SD> ===

Or, the old favorite: Let's eat grandma. Let's eat, grandma.

You know which one I prefer. (G)


SD> (I am an Oxford comma fan.)


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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