Use next door

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When you go to Marfa, and if you find the Food Shark, and if after you’ve had lunch there you walk down the street that’s right there on the south side of the train tracks, you might catch this place, with its instructional sign and nice reflection of what the other side of town looks like.*

Marfa, Texas
photographed 1.18.2013

*My question is this: do you think, given the evidence presented, that four commas are too many in one sentence, or am I being too sensitive, or what?**

**Damn it. I did it again.

Posted on May 26, 2014, in Photography and tagged , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.

  1. An image that raises questions to which there are no easy answers. I like it! And as to ‘commas’, in my opinion, you can have as many as you like: one, two, three, four or more (and that adds up to 5)!

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    • Thanks for your comment on the image.

      Your other comment re. commas reminded me of a job I had during graduate school, when I worked for an urban planning consultant, writing reports. Our boss paired the planners up and we had to review each other’s work. My partner and I argued ALL THE TIME about punctuation; both of us were certain we were right. And I imagine to this day – 30 years later – he still uses semicolons incorrectly!

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