tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050597.post111021141330537585..comments2023-12-24T13:29:40.638-05:00Comments on KEYS TO THE GAME: 3/7/05 A Marginally Less Meaningless GameJose Melendezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01099888428928787108noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050597.post-1110502825417284012005-03-10T20:00:00.000-05:002005-03-10T20:00:00.000-05:00Jose, it's your pesky editor here.
1. That's "set...Jose, it's your pesky editor here.<br /><br />1. That's "sets a bad precedent," not "set's a bad precedent." Also, it's "walks into a bar," not "walks in to a bar." Yes, your editor is sweating the small stuff again.<br /><br />2. Commas are a highly subjective thing. When editors get together, let's say at a MLA convention (note: an event even less pretty than you would imagine, about on a par with a Young Accountants High School Leadership Retreat), swords will cross over important issues such as whether to use a trailing comma after the second-to-last item in a series. Should the sentence read Curt Euro, Euro Bellhorn and Terry Eurona... or Curt Euro, Euro Bellhorn, and Terry Eurona? The difference is subtle, but editorial friendships have been sundered over less. Some prefer a comma after virtually every clause, while others like a more stripped-down feel.<br /><br />Jose's comma preference is Jose's choice to make... just Jose being Jose, if you will. But your editor feels obliged to clamor for one thing: CONSISTENCY. Pick a style, and stick to it. None of this Jose's Funky Comma Party" in one Key, and then a Big Papa-esque series of comma-less run-ons in the next. <br /><br />3. Keep up the good work.Friends of Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11778432970350365633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050597.post-1110217645883254462005-03-07T12:47:00.000-05:002005-03-07T12:47:00.000-05:00Maybe the improbable event is Jose only writing tw...Maybe the improbable event is Jose only writing two keys?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com