The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #125865 Message #2791416
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
18-Dec-09 - 02:04 PM
Thread Name: BS: except/accept- insure/ensure,,,etc.
Subject: RE: BS: except/accept- insure/ensure,,,etc.
I think it was Artbrooks who said:
A copy of "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" (or is it "Eats Shoots, and Leaves"?) belongs on every desk.
Actually, it should be "Eats shoots and leaves", without a comma after either "eats" or "shoots". You wouldn't put a comma into "Eats meat and potatoes," would you? (At least I hope not.)
Of course the tagline in the joke would need a comma after both "eats" and "shoots". But we're getting dangerously into analyzing a joke, which is always a mistake.
Dave Oesterreich