Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Atheist Memes@lemmy.world · 10 months agoDamn Rightmidwest.socialimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up11.11Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.09Karrow-down1imageDamn Rightmidwest.socialLanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Atheist Memes@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squaresomethingsnappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months agoMisquote or was he that bad at commas?
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoFound it. Looks like Madison enjoyed using commas, relevant quote from the original letter reads “…new example, will succeed, as every…”
minus-squareCornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoSpelling and punctuation didn’t really get standardized into their modern form until the 19 th century.
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoIdk, I got that from a transcription of a letter. All but one of the commas look appropriate to me, and even that one looks appropriate if it’s thought of as a spoken declaration. I’m interested though, I’ll try to find out
Misquote or was he that bad at commas?
Found it.
Looks like Madison enjoyed using commas, relevant quote from the original letter reads “…new example, will succeed, as every…”
Spelling and punctuation didn’t really get standardized into their modern form until the 19 th century.
Idk, I got that from a transcription of a letter. All but one of the commas look appropriate to me, and even that one looks appropriate if it’s thought of as a spoken declaration.
I’m interested though, I’ll try to find out