17 APRIL 1915, Page 16

ON COMMAS.

[To TEE Emma 07 OEM "Spears/on:1 Siax,—The following illustration of the significance of the comma in the interpretation of a sentence appeared recently in a daily paper, and is so good, or so natural, that it deserves circulation :—

"Awsr Johnnie did you go round this morning, as I told you to ask hoe old Mrs. Johnson was?

JOHNNIE Yes—and they said it was no business ef yours. Arnim What do you MAE P What did you ask? JOHNNIE: Just wliatyou told me. To ask how old, Mrs. Johnson was."