Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Dennis, 60 and Karen, 53 met in the fall; a Sean Connery look-a-like; its just too cold outside; Whether its ordering in dinner

This article ("Fall affairs to winter relationships" in Vancouver 24 hours on November 10, 2009) is a good lesson in how not to punctuate your words and sentences. The ages 60 and 53 must have commas after them, while look-alike contains one hyphen too many.

Seeing it's when it should be its is an all-too-frequent error, but here we have the rarer opposite: its when it should be it's. Not once, but twice in the same paragraph! Rejoice!

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