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Killer Punctuation

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17-Mar-2004, 21:04

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Killer Punctuation

There are many candidates for the worst punctuation ever, but rarely is it actually dangerous. After the Second World War, Lord Haw-Haw, who had made propaganda broadcasts for the Nazis, was hanged because of a comma, or so the story...

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