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MISPLACED comma,” noted the Americanborn British authority on the art and history of printing (art and mystery, it used to be called), Beatrice Warde, ‘‘can cause a riot or a suit for libel.”
And the wrong word in a Board of Supervisors’ resolution can lead to a hot Letter to the Editor and an angry statement in reply, as the Carter-Noce exchange demonstrates.
In his Letter, Carter had noted: ‘‘Rappahannock County’s Board of Supervisors, on March 6, sent me a letter, with a copy of the same to General Noce, enclosing minutes from their last meeting. These minutes said: ‘The Salem Church Dam on the Rappahannock River was discussed, and on motion of Bet** ty S. Coates, seconded by H.B. Wood Jr., and passed,
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