XKCD has done it again
Strunk always strikes me as though it is the past form of some obsolete verb.
Dave Wilton - 11 July 2011 03:13 AMXKCD has done it again
Over my head!
There’s a detailed explication, and much discussion, at the Log.
Thanks, lh. But I still had to go to wikipedia for a simpler explanation--nicely linked in the Log’s piece. I was hung up over the meaning of “slash.” It refers to the punctuation mark, hence the joke.