Why the comma splice isn’t nice
The comma splice is a bit of a weakling in the world of punctuation.
Mischievous modifiers
One morning I shot an elephant in my pyjamas. How he got into my pyjamas I’ll never know. -Groucho Marx- This joke is one of the most famous example of a modifier gone wrong. Modifiers are among the most mischievous words and phrases in the English language. That’s because [...]