CC, I give you the lowly comma:
“The comma is a very small punctuation mark. It somewhat resembles a period with a dash attached to the center right and then turned underneath into a hook shape. Despite its small size, it holds incredible importance. There is an old story of Czarina Maria Fyodorovna who once saved a man’s life simply by misplacing a comma in a notice written by her husband Alexander III. The note was supposed to read “Pardon impossible, to be sent to Siberia.” The man was set free after the Czarina misplaced the comma to read “Pardon, impossible to be sent to Siberia.” His life was saved, simply due to a thoughtlessly misplaced mark of punctuation.”
Read more: What Is a Comma? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_4572294_what-comma.html#ixzz1rlZ2NsMz
Eat, shoot, and leave. ;>
Love that!
[stole it]
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