Atlantic Trivia: Punctuation
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Your questions today come again from the August issue of The Atlantic, this time from Judith Shulevitz’s essay on a generational divide over punctuation symbolized in her relationship with her son.
And by the way, did you know that the Writers Guild of America specifies when to spell out the word and in movie credits and when to use the ampersand symbol?
If a movie script is written by “Drew and Jeff,” that means that the two worked on the project separately, possibly with one even rewriting the other; if the authors are “Drew & Jeff,” then the two worked as a team, like peas and carrots. Or, rather, peas & carrots.
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Your questions today come again from the August issue of The Atlantic, this time from Judith Shulevitz’s essay on a generational divide over punctuation symbolized in her relationship with her son.
And by the way, did you know that the Writers Guild of America specifies when to spell out the word and in movie credits and when to use the ampersand symbol?
If a movie script is written by “Drew and Jeff,” that means that the two worked on the project separately, possibly with one even rewriting the other; if the authors are “Drew & Jeff,” then the two worked as a team, like peas and carrots. Or, rather, peas & carrots.
See you tomorrow!
Find previous questions here, and to get Atlantic Trivia in your inbox every day, sign up for The Atlantic Daily. If you think up a question yourself, send it my way via [email protected].