Bits of Legionnaire Business

[billroper]

Among the members of the Legion of Substitute Proofreaders, we find Pedantic Lad. Although he is only an above average proofreader under normal circumstances, he has an uncanny ability to sniff out missing Oxford commas.

This makes him either incredibly useful or incredibly annoying, depending on which style guide you're using.

Comments

[lonotter.livejournal.com]

Style guides which disdain the Oxford comma should be bludgeoned to death with a copy of "Eats, Shoots & Leaves.". IMHO, of course.

[madfilkentist]

There should be a member of the Legion of Substitute Proofreaders called Lady Mondegreen. Her superpower is the spotting of soundalike phrases.

[laurel-potter.livejournal.com]

LOL, I love that you know the Legion of Super-Heroes, my favorite comic title.

[billroper]

Well, of course. :)

Long Live the Legion!