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Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.


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Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.



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There are people who embrace the Oxford comma and those who don't, and I'll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken.



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Proper punctuation is both the sign and the cause of clear thinking.



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