Puzzling punctuation - Rules of the apostrophe

Punctuation pedants should not be criticised for emphasising the importance of the typographical marks we use to ensure clarity in our written language.

Puzzling punctuation - Rules of the apostrophe

Punctuation pedants should not be criticised for emphasising the importance of the typographical marks we use to ensure clarity in our written language.

Writers, grammarians, lawyers, and US Supreme Court judges have been arguing almost since the 1790s about the way in which the placing of the three commas in the Constitution’s second amendment does or does not impinge on the right of citizens to bear arms.

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