Tag: Team Oxford Comma

Team Oxford Comma: Never Surrender

Post author By [E] Rachel
Post date Friday, July 1st, 2011
10 Comments on Team Oxford Comma: Never Surrender

In the world of ladyblogs, everything is up for debate. And here at Persephone, no issue is more debated or more divisive than the Oxford comma.

Tags A win for clarity, Rumors of its demise have been greatly exaggerated, Suck it haters, Team Oxford Comma

Writing

The Grammar Bitch: Nerd Fights

Post author By [E] Rachel
Post date Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
43 Comments on The Grammar Bitch: Nerd Fights

“Correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays.” -George Eliot, Middlemarch

Tags daily basis, english slang, george eliot, george eliot middlemarch, grammar english, grammar rules, nerd, oxford comma, prepositions, prigs, sentences, serial comma, Team One Space, Team Oxford Comma

Writing

The Grammar Bitch’s Guide to Writing: Getting Started

Post author By [E] Rachel
Post date Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
23 Comments on The Grammar Bitch’s Guide to Writing: Getting Started

“Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it’s always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.” ““ Neil Gaiman

Tags blank page, blank piece of paper, blank screen, blank sheet of paper, empty document, Grammar Bitch, Neil Gaiman, peculiar sort, Team Oxford Comma, vast expanse, writing, writing process