Maybe that stray comma does matter

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For readers who still think a healthy respect for language doesn’t matter much in advertising, have a gander at this story. It reports on a grammatical error that has made anti-drug ads in North Miami Beach “look like local police are supplying drugs, not crusading against drug use.” The signs read, “Say no to drugs from the NMB Police D.A.R.E. Officers.” Clearly missing is some sort of punctuation that would cast the cops as opponents of drugs rather than dealers of them.

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