close punctuation
Britishnoun
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The close punctuation would lend grace and dignity to every element of the sentence and the sculpture: “The Parthenon Marbles include an 80-meter frieze depicting the Great Panathenaia, the ancient Greek feast in honor of the goddess Athena; the muscled body of an ancient Greek river god lounging in midair; and voluptuous female figures.”
From The New Yorker
Close punctuation is not meant as a guide to stops and starts, like Dickens’s and Melville’s commas.
From The New Yorker
That’s not what close punctuation is about.
From The New Yorker
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