Earlier in this blog’s history, I talked about Bill Cosby’s latest book, Come On People. (I discussed it here and later here.)
Oh, Bill. Oh, publishing company. Without the comma, there’s suddenly a LOT of innuendo in this title. (The cover art doesn’t help, either.)
Well, I was perusing the books at Borders the other day and saw the latest edition of the book:
They actually added the comma!
THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY!! It’s so rare that you actually see a company changing its grammar after customer complaints! (Believe me, there were a lot of complaints. This book got a lot of press for its missing comma in the title.)
I have to give a shout-out to the book’s publisher, Thomas Nelson. Well done, Tommy boy. Very well done.
6 responses so far ↓
Crystal Ross // February 4, 2009 at 12:35 pm |
Thank goodness for the comma!
Ray Gunn // February 4, 2009 at 6:16 pm |
A colleague of mine forwarded me your URL yesterday, and suddenly I’m a huge fan. Hilarious stuff.
comma // February 5, 2009 at 11:09 am |
Isn’t it more of a punctuation error than a grammar error?
M // February 5, 2009 at 10:55 pm |
Saw the MSNBC article that linked to your blog. LOVE the Bill Cosby thing. I can’t believe that was the original cover.
Dan // February 12, 2009 at 10:22 pm |
They got it right. At least come was spelled come.
Michie // February 18, 2009 at 12:24 am |
My people, my people! I’m so dismayed that people are moving away from good, correct grammar; it’s always a struggle to get others in my job to understand why it’s important. That said, I’m so glad the Cosby people finally got with the program and figured it out.