An original cartoon by W. B. Park shows an editor hard at work. Meanwhile, The New Yorker's copy editor was hard at work deciding what to include and not include within the single quotation marks of the inner quotes.
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| "This has merit, but could you go back through and add more 'like's and 'you know's?" W. B. Park Original art The New Yorker, June 22 & 29, 1998, p. 122 That quirky decision to leave the plural s outside of those single quotation marks seems a bit unfortunate, as it creates two seeming apostrophe-s combinations where no possession is intended. I don't know how copy editors sleep at night. |
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| Detail, left, with W. B. Park's signature |
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| Detail, right |
The typewritten caption with the original art reads, "This has merit, but will you go back through and add more 'likes' and 'you knows'?" This punctuation seems preferable, while could you is better than will you.
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| Detail with typewritten caption |
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| "This has merit, but could you go back through and add more 'like's and 'you know's?" W. B. Park The New Yorker, June 22 & 29, 1998, p. 122 |
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| "This has merit, but could you go back through and add more 'like's and 'you know's?" W. B. Park Original art The New Yorker, June 22 & 29, 1998, p. 122 |
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| With a cartoon by W. B. Park |
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