* No badgers were harmed in the creation of this blog *

** Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease
**

Sunday, July 6, 2008

The zero tolerance approach to punctuation

From the New York Times online, in an article discussing the varying fortunes of the semicolon:
Correction: February 19, 2008
An article in some editions on Monday about a New York City Transit employee’s deft use of the semicolon in a public service placard was less deft in its punctuation of the title of a book by Lynne Truss, who called the placard a “lovely example” of proper punctuation. The title of the book is “Eats, Shoots & Leaves” — not “Eats Shoots & Leaves.” (The subtitle of Ms. Truss’s book is “The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation.”)
Am I the only one who sees the irony here?

1 comment:

Adam807 said...

No, I think the wording of the correction actually shows that the Times gets the irony too.

It's a great book, by the way.