Archive for the 'Punctuation' Category

Comma quirk irks Rogers

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

对标点符号不太在意的朋友看看这篇报道: Comma quirk irks Rogers
The validity of the contract and the millions of dollars at stake all came down to one point — the second comma in the sentence.
Had it not been there, the right to cancel wouldn’t have applied to the first five years of the contract and Rogers would be protected from the […]

Cool

Monday, February 13th, 2006

如此cool的文章,岂有不转载之理?
‘Cool’ Always Has Place in Modern Lexicon
By LARRY NEUMEISTER
The Associated Press
Groovy is over, hip is square, far out is long gone. Don’t worry, though _ it’s cool.
“Cool” remains the gold standard of slang in the 21st century, as reliable as a blue-chip stock, surviving like few expressions ever in our constantly evolving language. […]