[basil ransome-davies]

I learned punctuation as a raggedy-ass white-trash grammar-school upstart in the 1950s, & subsequently taught it in an FE; ergo, I am shit-hot at it. But also, hey – a bit of a rebel. In fact I'm a great fan of the comma splice: I use it, enjoy it, revel in it, dismiss the snivelling complaints of the jerks who don't. The Oxford comma? Only in emergencies.

And don't get me started on the diacriticals!