That all-important comma

The panel on Punctuation at Readercon (packed!) discoursed on the wrong meanings created by misplaced, missing, or superfluous commas. Sometimes what results is unresolvable ambiguity. Here's a neat example in a review of a book of mine -- it took me a while to figure out what was meant (as opposed to what was written):

"One gets the feeling that Crowley loves observing women because he captures them so precisely and so intimately."

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Published on August 10, 2010 13:13
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