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`Blood Meridian` is a great novel in spite of, not because of his lack of punctuation. Do you not see the irony in his own use of four commas and a colon while
by driggs 5y ago
`Blood Meridian` is a great novel in spite of, not because of his lack of punctuation.
Do you not see the irony in his own use of four commas and a colon while telling us to minimize our punctuation use in this article?
> While you are writing, ask yourself: is it possible to preserve my original message without that punctuation mark, that word, that sentence, that paragraph or that section? Remove extra words or commas whenever you can.
Perhaps he merely considered the "Oxford comma" unnecessary!
- sritchie 5y agoDon't you think he does too, and is winking at you with that sentence? Especially given the spare "Remove extra words or commas whenever you can."
- Wistar 5y ago"The following are more of McCarthy’s words of wisdom, as told by Savage and Yeh."
- driggs 5y agoMea culpa! I focused on reading "Cormac McCarthy's tips" and missed that they'd been regurgitated by others. Sort of diminishes the whole point of reading it! Thank you!