two-million dollar comma

[alexxkay]

For all the language wonks on my Friends list, another object lesson about the importance of punctuation:

Different interpretations of a comma end up costing a contractor 2.13 million dollars.

Comments

[londo.livejournal.com]

So, I agree with all of those statements, and if we were talking about elections and impeachment, I'd even agree with the conclusion. But given how fantastically low the curb is to give one-year notice, I don't see how it's functionally different from "this will continue until someone gives notice, and then last an additional year."

[freerange-snark.livejournal.com]

Can't really argue with you there. I think it's pretty clear the writers of the contract aren't the brightest legal minds of our time.