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Mary Norris: Confessions of a Comma Queen

There is always something to learn about language.

In an age when everyone is a writer, and so much comes to us unfiltered, in the form of tweets and texts and blogs, do we celebrate or do we cringe? Is it necessary to correct people who say “him and I”? Should we skulk around like vigilantes, fixing mistakes on signs by night? An editor’s job is to help writers say precisely what they mean. What is an off-duty editor to do?











When: Thu., Feb. 22, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: $29
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There is always something to learn about language.

In an age when everyone is a writer, and so much comes to us unfiltered, in the form of tweets and texts and blogs, do we celebrate or do we cringe? Is it necessary to correct people who say “him and I”? Should we skulk around like vigilantes, fixing mistakes on signs by night? An editor’s job is to help writers say precisely what they mean. What is an off-duty editor to do?

Buy tickets/get more info now