Sunday, March 15, 2009

Mistake 22

The Moline Dispatch - March 13, 2009

The paper was rife with mistakes on just the first day I came home.

"Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to pulling off what could be the biggest, most spectacular swindle Wall Street has ever seen, and was sent off to jail in handcuffs..."

The comma after "seen" should be removed. The subject of "was sent off" is "Bernard Madoff," so there it is not an independent clause and should not have a comma. 

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