Re: Jacob Rees-Mogg issues style guide to staff Archived Message Posted by Mary on July 27, 2019, 12:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Jacob Rees-Mogg issues style guide to staff" @john_boyne @Jacob_Rees_Mogg is wrong to ban the comma after 'and' in staff letters. One would not use it when writing "Jacob Rees-Mogg is tall and stupid", but one would use it when writing "Jacob Rees-Mogg is tall and, despite his expensive education, stupid." https://twitter.com/john_boyne/status/1154844337655734272 Message Thread: Jacob Rees-Mogg issues style guide to staff - johnlilburne July 26, 2019, 11:38 pm Re: Jacob Rees-Mogg issues style guide to staff - johnlilburne July 26, 2019, 11:58 pm Jacob Keith-Mogg! ;) (nm) - Ed July 27, 2019, 12:12 am Keith-Mogg of Dotheboys Hall, Hull. NM - johnlilburne July 27, 2019, 12:21 am Jacob Reet Smug - Raskolnikov July 27, 2019, 7:55 am Re: Jacob Rees-Mogg issues style guide to staff - Mary July 27, 2019, 9:37 am Re: Jacob Rees-Mogg issues style guide to staff - Mary July 27, 2019, 12:56 pm Re: Jacob Rees-Mogg issues style guide to staff - dovetailjoint July 27, 2019, 4:42 pm As George Galloway calls him, Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Honourable Member for the 18th Century (nm) - Ed July 27, 2019, 11:48 pm Rees-Mogg wouldn't have survived in the 18th cent. Jonathan Swift would have eviscerated - Morrissey July 28, 2019, 3:35 am True, Morrissey, true! (nm) - Ed July 29, 2019, 1:42 am   Searching