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We often have to deal with the misplacement of a comma in the Bible story of the thief on the cross. However, the problems of the comma go far beyond and can be very prolematic in contracts as the following article will explore:

The commas that cost companies millions

For most people, a stray comma isn’t the end of the world. But in some cases, the exact placement of a punctuation mark can cost huge sums of money.

Commas are a proxy for confusion as to what part of a sentence relates to what,” Adams explains.
 
Commas occupy a linguistic middle ground, and one that’s often muddled

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180723-the-commas-that-cost-companies-millions

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