[Ads-l] The NYT: comma > semi-colon

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Mon Nov 7 08:52:13 UTC 2016


On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 6:37 PM, Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
wrote:

> standard usage


What is the definition of "standard usage" that has any real-world
application to a living language?


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