Read the article. It makes sense.
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Agreed: there's no need for the second comma.
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I'd leave out the first comma too. Or should that be, "...comma, too."? Or sbould I have omitted the comma after "be"? Actually, though ,...
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A comma before "too" is old school. I like it!
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Pinker hates New Yorker because its one of the few publications that isn't baffled by his pseudo-science bullshit & gives him bad reviews.
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I think we should just call him Mini-Me. (With or without hyphen)
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The old gray lady has become senile. Will soon stop composing nonsense and begin decomposing.
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There's no need to put a comma before Jr. to begin with. They're doubling down on stupid.
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It's like the umlaut on the second letter of a double vowel. Who does that? E.g., preëmpt.
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Ok Steven. I'm one of your biggest fans, but seriously! DTJ commits treason and you're worried about punctuation? Priorities anyone?
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The linked diaeresis article explains why, too :-)
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"We like our punctuation; we set things off with commas a lot; it drives some people nuts, it’s bullshit." Commas aren’t the problem here.
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it's not the collision of conventions, but rather the collusion.
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Now THIS is criminal...
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Part of why I love the New Yorker is their snooty-ass style.
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I saw others mentioning this and hoped you'd have some insight/comment!
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Conventional punctuation vs conventional wisdom.
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The New Yorker will not now, nor will it ever, leave the 19th century behind.
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