Mind how you link your punctuation

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 29 October, 2008 to the comment subset

Just what is the best way to hyperlink this sentence, if the words JavaScript and screen readers are to be the anchor text?
Blind accessibility consultant Aaron Cannon and co-worker Aaron Barker have authored “JavaScript and screen readers”.

And if you thought there were at least six options to choose from, then you were correct.
What’s more [...]

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At least Oxford and Harvard agree over their comma

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 6 October, 2008 to the comment subset

This is the endorsement I’ve been waiting for: Punctuation Man has decided to throw his support behind the use of the serial comma, or Oxford comma, which is, of course, also known as the Harvard comma:
There is no small debate about the serial comma (also known as the Oxford Comma). It is a comma used [...]

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Is correcting grammar is a criminal offence?

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 26 August, 2008 to the comment subset

Typo vigilantes Jeff Deck and Benjamin Herson, whose “work” I mentioned a few months ago, have been convicted of vandalising a noticeboard at a US national park, after noticing it contained a number of grammatical and spelling errors, and then correcting them.
An affidavit by National Park Service agent Christopher A. Smith said investigators learned of [...]

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Typo personalities

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 27 May, 2008 to the comment subset

Typo personalities
Apostrophe Man would be delighted with the efforts of Jeff Deck and Benjamin Herson who are men on a mission, a mission to correct poor grammar, wherever they find it.
Picture a pair of Kerouacs armed with Sharpies and erasers and righteous indignation - holding back a flood of mixed metaphors and spelling [...]

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