Mal ,'War Stories'
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Maybe a reality show where investigators determine if a document adheres to the appropriate style manual.
The Season One story arc is a battle over Oxford commas. But things heat up in Season Two, when a killer is enforcing one space after a period by removing the writers as well as the extra space.
The Season One story arc is a battle over Oxford commas. But things heat up in Season Two, when a killer is enforcing one space after a period by removing the writers as well as the extra space.
I won't lie: I would watch the shit out of this.
Is Season Three about people who invent pointless jargon being found bludgeoned to death with a copy of the style guide?
I am usually pretty amazing at packing, but now is the time to admit that my dream of getting almost two weeks' worth of clothes and whatnot for both of us into one big suitcase is completely laughable.
I won't lie: I would watch the shit out of this.
I think it would garner a larger audience that most people would guess.
Is Season Three about people who invent pointless jargon being found bludgeoned to death with a copy of the style guide?
Interspersed with a hip new member of the squad who's trying to persuade people that CamelCase is cool and Fashion-ForWard.
And a recurring character from Britain who has sparky banter with the head of the team over extra Us in words.
He's a stoic AP-loving copy-editor with a checkered past and an ex-wife out for his blood. She's a lacrosse-playing lesbian author with a unshakable belief in the Chicago manual of style and a passion for the oxford comma. Together they... mostly argue a lot.
Gud, I see that as the set-up for a Tracy-Hepburn movie.
The Season One story arc is a battle over Oxford commas. But things heat up in Season Two, when a killer is enforcing one space after a period by removing the writers as well as the extra space.
"But I LIKE the extra space! That's how I was taugh..." *snick* *sploosh* *thud*