Punctuation matters. Punctuation. matters.
31 Jul 2026
Seeing this sign whilst I was out last night, I was reminded of the famous "panda eats, shoots and leaves" joke which demonstrates how adding or removing commas completely changes a sentence from describing a diet to describing violent actions.
The panda eats shoots and leaves.
The panda eats, shoots, and leaves
The panda eats shoots and leaves.
The panda eats, shoots, and leaves
Deborah Reid
Lead Test Engineer
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Deborah has been testing for about 15 years now. She is currently Lead Test Engineer at Bloom and Wild group. She specialises in exploratory and risk based testing with a passion for accessibility. Deborah has written a course for MoT on an Introduction to Accessibility Testing as well as an article on speaking at a Conference for the first time, spoken at an AMA on Soft Skills and more!
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