Grammatical Infelicity #1

Krystin Arneson, SNOWDEN DESERVES CLEMENCY, SAYS NEW YORK TIMES, THE GUARDIAN, AND ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER Bustle (January 2, 2014):

Due to ”the enormous value of the information he has revealed, and the abuses he has exposed, Mr. Snowden deserves better than a life of permanent exile, fear and flight,” the Times wrote.

CORRECTED:

Due to ”the enormous value of the information he has revealed, and the abuses he has exposed, Mr. Snowden deserves better than a life of permanent exile, fear[,] and flight,” the Times wrote.

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The British practice of omitting the final comma in a series of three or more terms, expressions, or clauses is an abomination that should not be copied.

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