Save the Oxford comma!
The Oxford comma, also known as the serial comma, is a very useful grammatical tool. To clearly delineate the items in a series, it goes before the conjunction, such as the word “and.” Take the phrase “wisdom, luck, and junk bonds.” If you remove the comma – “wisdom, luck and junk bonds” – the reader might believe there’s a new security called a “luck and junk bond.” As long-time defenders of the Oxford comma, we were recently saddened to learn that none other than the P.R. department of the University of Oxford itself has dropped it from their style guide.
Source: salon.com
Birth of an icon
You may have heard that the BMW logo was inspired by rotating aircraft blades. But according to BMW historian Kai Jacobsen, the BMW logo is actually a 1917 mash-up of the logo from predecessor company Rapp, and the Bavarian flag.
Source: logodesignlove.com
Wall Street crooks: where are they now?
As you wistfully reminisce about the 2008 financial crisis, you may find yourself wondering what happened to some of the saga’s leading bad guys. Here’s an update on five of them:
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