punctuation
Original: punctuation on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title caption (top of panel): MY PREFERRED COMMA METHOD: THE "END-OF-SENTENCE-RESERVOIR" COMMA.
Text on the computer screen (the writer's sentence): "The Oxford Comma despite being preferred by most indeed ritualized in many circles both slows down the writer by requiring additional punctuation punctuation which could be deployed more efficiently as will herein be demonstrated and removes the reader's freedom to understand interpret and enjoy the text.",,,,,,,
(The sentence is written with no commas inside it; instead a long string of commas is dumped at the very end, after the closing quotation mark.)
A red-haired, bearded man in a blue shirt sits typing at a desktop computer, looking at the screen.
Votey: EVEN BETTER IS THE END-OF-BOOK, SPRINKLE PUNCTUATION AT YOUR LEISURE COMMA.
Text on the computer screen (the writer's sentence): "The Oxford Comma despite being preferred by most indeed ritualized in many circles both slows down the writer by requiring additional punctuation punctuation which could be deployed more efficiently as will herein be demonstrated and removes the reader's freedom to understand interpret and enjoy the text.",,,,,,,
(The sentence is written with no commas inside it; instead a long string of commas is dumped at the very end, after the closing quotation mark.)
A red-haired, bearded man in a blue shirt sits typing at a desktop computer, looking at the screen.
Votey: EVEN BETTER IS THE END-OF-BOOK, SPRINKLE PUNCTUATION AT YOUR LEISURE COMMA.
Alt text
A webcomic about punctuation. A caption at the top reads: "My preferred comma method: the 'end-of-sentence-reservoir' comma." Below, a red-haired, bearded man in a blue shirt sits typing at a desktop computer. The text on his screen is a long run-on sentence written with no commas placed within it: "The Oxford Comma despite being preferred by most indeed ritualized in many circles both slows down the writer by requiring additional punctuation punctuation which could be deployed more efficiently as will herein be demonstrated and removes the reader's freedom to understand interpret and enjoy the text." After the closing quotation mark, all the omitted commas are dumped in a single trailing cluster: ",,,,,,,". The joke: rather than placing commas throughout the sentence, he saves them all up in a reservoir at the end. The votey aftercomic continues the bit with handwritten text reading: "Even better is the end-of-book, sprinkle punctuation at your leisure comma."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.