Tag Archives: punctuation

ASK FATHER: What does the comma really say?

From a reader… QUAERITUR: When listening to a Collect (or any similar prayer) in Latin, whether OF or EF, I notice that the priest tends to “punctuate” the final phrase as such: “in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula … Read More

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Ain’t it da truth’

A friend sent this to me. This one actually extracted from the undersigned a sharp bark of laughter!

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Two space or not two space – WDTPRS POLL

Damian Thompson has an interesting post on his blog. He tackles the convention of typing two spaces after a period, or “full stop” as the British call them. The use of two spaces, rather than a single space, after a … Read More

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