Wednesday, June 06, 2007

DC Comics Trafficking in Teen Girls?

Karen B. sends in this gem of an error from CNN:
Castellucci has just released her first graphic novel, "The Plain Janes," published by MINX, a new imprint aimed at teenage girls owned by DC Comics.

It's a fine example of the comma's power to do good -- or evil. Without the comma, this sentence makes it look as though the MINX imprint is created specifically for those poor teenage girls owned by DC Comics. (What do you suppose they're using the girls for? To model prototypes of spandex sidekick wear, because adult women simply have too much ass-fat?)

Other than inserting a comma between girls and owned, the author could have rewritten the sentence:
Castellucci has just released her first graphic novel, "The Plain Janes," published by MINX, a DC Comics imprint for teenage girls. (Why aimed at? It's twice as long, and it sounds mean.)

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