... commas to join main clauses with different subjects It' s fine to write: I went to town, bought a suit and came home but not: I went to town, you were on the same train too The comma is too weak ... words, parsing Like all revolutionaries, we need to get some basic training in first So off to boot camp! You' re allowed to groan at this point My students normally 'We did all this stuff at school!' ... punctuation, writing so full of padding you want to pop it with a pin, writing that wanders aimlessly, writing that deliberately obfuscates in order to deceive All such writing is at best impolite and...