comma use Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tag/comma-use/ Thu, 13 Oct 2016 19:03:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-WBP-FAVICON_7-32x32.jpg comma use Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tag/comma-use/ 32 32 Comma Conundrums: How Grammar Can Keep You Out of Jail https://old.wordsbyapro.com/comma-conundrums-how-grammar-can-keep-you-out-of-jail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=comma-conundrums-how-grammar-can-keep-you-out-of-jail https://old.wordsbyapro.com/comma-conundrums-how-grammar-can-keep-you-out-of-jail/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2016 19:57:31 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1559 Quick, before the Feds kick down my door—let me tell you a story. This is a case of alleged corruption, unproven fraud, and suspected malfeasance…all made possible by a small grammatical ambiguity. What if I told you that a missing comma nearly let me slip away with half a million dollars of ill-gotten taxpayer money? […]

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