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February 19, 2008 2:21 pm
Celebrating the Semicolon in a Most Unlikely Location.
It was nearly hidden on a New York City Transit public service placard exhorting subway riders not to leave their newspaper behind when they get off the train. “Please put it in a trash can,” riders are reminded. After which Neil Neches, an erudite writer in the transit agency's marketing and service information department, inserted a semicolon. The rest of the sentence reads, “that's good news for everyone.”
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February 19, 2008 10:53 am
And if you looked at this when it first appeared, take another look. A (somewhat ironic) correction has been added.
February 19, 2008 2:21 pm
LOL! I'd missed the correction!