Arts-Informed Inquiry

Researchable Question

Is a comma, art?

Arts, Informed-Inquiry

It could be art if contained in a recognized art form.

Writing is an art form, isn't it?

Such as:

"The comma is a valuable, useful punctuation device because it separates the structural elements of sentences into manageable segments.

The rules provided here are those found in traditional handbooks; however, in certain rhetorical contexts and for specific purposes, these rules may be broken."

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_comma.html

It could be art if contained in a recognized art form. rules may be broken

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Rules may be breaking...  (,)

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                   (Neil Sedaka / Howard Greenfield)

Intro (acapella w/drums and handclaps until indicated):

Do-do-do down doobee-do-down-down   comma-comma
Down doobee-do-down-down   comma-comma

 B         G#m       E
Down doobee-do-down-down
                B   E  B [N.C.]

Breaking up is hard to do
Verse 1:
                 B   G#m   E       F#

rules may be brokenrules may be brokenrules may be broken

It could be art if contained in a recognized art form.

"The Annex discusses the line breaking rules in different ways.

 It is not obvious which parts are the ultimate definitions.

 Apparently, the longish chapter 5 (Line Breaking Properties) is explanatory, or “narrative” as it calls itself.

 The chapter 7 Pair-table Based Implementation, with a tabular presentation of some of the rules, looks like descriptive, too: it explains a possible implementation."

http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/unicode/linebr.html

rules may be broken

It could be art if contained in a recognized art form.