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You know you’re a language nerd when you have a strong opinion about serial commas. – Author unknown

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A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That’s basic spelling that every woman ought to know. – Mistinguett, quoted in Theatre Arts, Volume39, Issue12, 1955

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