This lesson goes for other punctuation marks as well. While “You have cancer of the :” may be the most efficient way to deliver a diagnosis of colon cancer over Instant Messenger, one should strive for clarity when using punctuation. For instance, the recipient may believe that you were about to enumerate different types of less [...]

Despite millions of years of evolution and progress… Since the discovery of the word “drunk”… Since the process fondly referred to as “brewing”… There has never been a word so diabolically pleasing, so irreparably damaged as the word “alcohol.” A few minutes ago, I would have toasted to its wonders; to its glorious reaches. But [...]