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The relatively-elusive novelist Cormac McCarthy has deviated from his job as novelist from time to time, and whenever he does—whether a rare appearance for press duties on his book, or a project that isn’t a novel—it usually makes a fuss. This one’s no exception. Cormac McCarthy, copy-editor, has emerged, and with him are some strong ideas about punctuation.
Semicolons and Exclamation Points; New Enemy in Punctuation Wars: Cormac McCarthy
Seeded on Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:09 AM EST
Article Source: New York Observer
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I don't think McCarthy would like me very much; I live for semi-colons and exclamation points!
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#1 - Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:09 AM ESTThe relatively-elusive novelist . . . Cormac McCarthy, copy-editor, has emerged
Except for one's usage being somewhat subjective and the other's being governed by a pretty strict set of rules, I don't have any axes to grind when it comes to exclamation points or semicolons, but it seems the author and his copy editor could use a lesson on hyphens.
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