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

[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.