The New Yorker is particularly fussy about including commas for nonrestrictive apposition, even when there is no possibility of a restrictive interpretation. Fo

The New Yorker is particularly fussy about including commas for nonrestrictive apposition, even when there is no possibility of a restrictive interpretation. For example: "When he died, in 2004, his books and exhibitions were too numerous to count, and his magazine work had been published all over the world in the best publications." [0] The copyeditors seem to think that writing "When he died in 2004" would imply that he had died not only in 2004 but also in another year. [0] https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/when-in-berlin-part-i https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/when-in-berlin...