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Old Feb 27, 2013, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by PAYNE1 View Post
Well, moving along......

In some cases, grammar errors are very significant. One example I read recently was on the order of: "Grandma, was dinner yesterday evening" versus "Grandma was dinner yesterday evening." For lack of a comma, Grandma could have been the main course!
We have a lovely example in Russian, where comma placement changes the outcome from mercy to capital punishment!