Hi Bert,

The Dangling Participles was the name of my English Department softball team.

Despite the unlikely presence of a former AAA baseball shortstop, we had a perfect winless record.

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We can all forgive dangling participles, errors in syntax, and even amusing typos and grammatical errors.

But to omit the Oxford comma in a series of three or more items or phrases--well, that calls for pursed lips.

Your penance (wholly voluntary) is to return to a hero's welcome.

After all, to whom do we owe this board?

Cheers,

Carl Fogel