Ebo Whyte Returns With ‘Dear God, Comma’

Edit Modern Ghana 22 May 2016
Uncle Ebo's Roverman Productions, in partnership with Airtel, Joy Fm and the National Theatre, is presenting a new play titled, Dear God, Comma ... Dear God, Comma, the latest of Uncle Ebo Whyte's plays, runs at the ......

On Your Bike tickets

Edit Skiddle 22 May 2016
Bishops Stortford Rugby Club in Bishops Stortford. Sunday 22nd May 2016. 9.00am til 3.00pm (last entry 9.00am). Minimum Age. 5. Join hundreds of cyclists and take part in Isabel Hospice's seventh sponsored cycle ride through the beautiful Hertfordshire and Essex countryside!. Event Info. Venue. Reviews.  . This event has now passed. Leave a review of this event » ... Silver Leys, Hadham Road, ... ....

Texas Republican Party Accidentally Declares Majority Of State Gay Thanks To Grammatical Error

Edit Inquisitr 22 May 2016
The Texas Republican Party accidentally declared the majority of Texans were gay, due to a grammatical error. As NPR pointed out, everyone needs a copy editor ... When your high school English teacher told you that subject-verb agreement was important, she wasn’t kidding ... (emphasis added)” ... The Guardian pointed out the grammatical errors in the platform, from comma confusion to a misused verb to the absent apostrophe ... The Rev. Mr....

Texas Republican party inadvertently suggests most Texans are gay

Edit The Guardian 21 May 2016
@MartinPengelly ... Related. Lesbian couple gets $80,000 settlement after arrest in Hawaii for kissing ... “Some are insisting the use of commas in the ‘homosexuality’ plank in the platform could be interpreted as saying that the founders and the majority of Texans are gay.”. The offending comma was the last in the sentence, which can be seen to make the “chosen behavior” one “shared by the majority of Texans” ... The comma was not the only error....

@archon @TexasMonthly They blame commas for the miscommunication, but it was clearly a problem with pluralization!

Edit The Escapist 21 May 2016
@archon @TexasMonthly They blame commas for the miscommunication, but it was clearly a problem with pluralization!. The Escapist. Encaen's Profile . Send PM Twitter. encaen . Reply ... ....

Hey, @archon, how does the Oxford Comma's slander case against @TexasMonthly look to you? This ...

Edit The Escapist 21 May 2016
Hey, @archon, how does the Oxford Comma's slander case against @TexasMonthly look to you? This is flagrantly false and inflammatory. The Escapist. Encaen's Profile . Send PM Twitter. encaen . Reply ... ....

//t.co/5rst3k1aAb Can I get an "Amen." @ffronw

Edit The Escapist 21 May 2016
Okay, @texasmonthly this was NOT an Oxford Comma problem. I demand a correction. https.//t.co/5rst3k1aAb Can I get an "Amen." @ffronw. The Escapist. Encaen's Profile . Send PM Twitter. encaen . Reply ... ....

'The Shift' Changing Mindsets

Edit All Africa 21 May 2016
[The Herald] Let's be real' talk is cheap and business like they say' is always about the commas. And in business' there are few if any' who walk the talk. This is what makes the difference between those who have made it and those who are still to make it ... Ladies come dressed to the nines while men always look ele ... ....

Texas Republicans’ new platform says that most Texans are gay

Edit Raw Story 20 May 2016
A Texas-based LGBT advocacy helped spark a grammar debate this week over whether an errant comma in the stridently anti-homosexual Republican Party of Texas platform can be read as saying the majority of Texans are gay. The plank that was approved by delegates at the party’s convention this mo... ....

Why Grammar Matters: Texas GOP's Error Implies Most Texans Are Gay

Edit WPTV 20 May 2016
If you live in Texas, you're probably gay ... And we're not even going to touch on the Oxford comma. This video includes an image from Getty Images. ....

Texas GOP's Statement on Gays Sows Confusion

Edit The Daily Beast 20 May 2016
Lucy Nicholson/Reuters ... Grammar fanatics quickly concluded that a misplaced comma and the use of "has been" rather than "have been" conveys that all Texans are gay and homosexuality is ordained by God ... Read it at Reuters ... ....

The Hotel Portmeirion: ‘It’s the living definition of trying too hard’ – restaurant review

Edit The Guardian 20 May 2016
This isn’t food to revel in, it’s food designed for a breathy, titillated voiceover on mainstream television. @marinaoloughlin. My first visit to Wales for these pages was such a blast that a press release arrives at an opportune moment ... I’m keen to see what an ex-La Bécasse chef can do ... How I wish I could say the same for our dinner ... helpful). I’m guessing those inverted commas on the menu are because this bears no resemblance to risotto....

Least stealthy assassin ever: Why was Eugene De Kock at the Franschhoek Literary Festival?

Edit Mail Guardian South Africa 20 May 2016
The Western Cape town of Franschhoek is a strange place ... I’ve never seen a car guard in Franschhoek, for instance, which might be the result of notices posted all over the town a few years ago. “Please do not give money to ‘car guards’ ”, employing inverted commas to devastating effect, as if car guards’ existence elsewhere were the result of a collective hallucination ... Um — you’re welcome, I guess ... It does nestle very nicely....
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