Mary Norris, the eldest of eight children, was born in 1932 in Sneem, South Kerry, Ireland. She was sent to a Magdalene laundry or asylum run by the Good Shepherd Order in Cork, Ireland, in 1949 at the age of 16. She spent two years there. The laundry closed down in 1994.
Mary was removed from her mother at the age of twelve. Her mother was having an affair, and Mary believes that those in authority thought she was a bad example. The children were taken to a judge and made wards of court. They were sent to different places run by different Roman Catholic institutions. Mary found herself at St Joseph's Orphanage in Killarney.
At the age of sixteen, Mary was sent to work as a maid, but was returned to the orphanage after she went to a cinema without permission. She was then sent to a laundry in Cork. She reports that the way she was treated at the laundry amounted to slavery, and that the girls and women were forced to work ten hours a day every day except Sunday. She reports also that her name was changed to Myra, as the nuns felt she did not deserve the holy name of Mary, and that she was told falsely that her family had abandoned her.
Norris joined the editorial staff at The New Yorker in 1978. She has been a query proofreader at the magazine since 1993. She has also been a contributor to "The Talk of the Town" and newyorker.com.
Her first book, Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen was published by W. W. Norton & Co on April 6, 2015.
The nit-picking glory of The New Yorker's Comma Queen | Mary Norris
"Copy editing for The New Yorker is like playing shortstop for a major league baseball team — every little movement gets picked over by the critics," says Mary Norris, who has played the position for more than thirty years. In that time, she's gotten a reputation for sternness and for being a "comma maniac," but this is unfounded, she says. Above all, her work is aimed at one thing: making authors look good. Explore The New Yorker's distinctive style with the person who knows it best in this charming talk.
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published: 10 May 2016
That vs. Which | Comma Queen | The New Yorker
Which is which? What is that? Sorting out the relative pronouns.
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New Yorker’s ‘Comma Queen’ offers a guide for the grammatically insecure
In "Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen," Mary Norris recounts a life of grammatical grief and glory as a copy editor for The New Yorker. Norris joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the magazine’s style standards, and whether she's worried about language and literature in the age of spell check and autocorrect.
published: 09 Jun 2015
An Evening at the Moth: Mary Norris
Reflections on thirty years of copy editing for The New Yorker, and breaking through as a writer with blogs (and now a book) on commas, semicolons, and all things grammar.
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Mary Norris-"Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen" | One to One
Mary Norris puts the stamp of approval on every issue of "The New Yorker." She has been the keeper of the magazine's grammar flame since 1978 and the magazine's query proofreader since 1993. Witty, with helpful information, her book "Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen" is great fun. (Taped: 05/06/15)
McCarthy says, "I'm really looking forward to hosting One To One. One of the best things about being a journalist is you get to meet a lot of smart and interesting people and to pick their brains, so to speak, about a variety of important issues affecting our daily lives. It's a learning process both for the journalist and for the audience you're able to reach. The advantage of One To One is that there are no sound bites - just provocative, insightful, and thoughtful conversat...
published: 25 May 2015
Mary Norris - Between you and me
Mary Norris - Between you and me, interviewed by George Gibson
published: 07 Oct 2016
A Visit to New York City’s Only Pencil Boutique | Comma Queen
Prescriptivists dislike the use of “impact” as a verb, preferring “have an impact.” Mary wishes we could influence the rampant popularity of “to impact,” but in English nouns have a way of verbing.
This pet peeve was recorded on location at C. W. Pencil Enterprise, the pencilophiliac’s nirvana on the Lower East Side. Caroline Weaver, the proprietor of New York's only pencil boutique, joins us with some graphite goodies.
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"Copy editing for The New Yorker is like playing shortstop for a major league baseball team — every little movement gets picked over by the critics," says Mary ...
"Copy editing for The New Yorker is like playing shortstop for a major league baseball team — every little movement gets picked over by the critics," says Mary Norris, who has played the position for more than thirty years. In that time, she's gotten a reputation for sternness and for being a "comma maniac," but this is unfounded, she says. Above all, her work is aimed at one thing: making authors look good. Explore The New Yorker's distinctive style with the person who knows it best in this charming talk.
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"Copy editing for The New Yorker is like playing shortstop for a major league baseball team — every little movement gets picked over by the critics," says Mary Norris, who has played the position for more than thirty years. In that time, she's gotten a reputation for sternness and for being a "comma maniac," but this is unfounded, she says. Above all, her work is aimed at one thing: making authors look good. Explore The New Yorker's distinctive style with the person who knows it best in this charming talk.
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In "Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen," Mary Norris recounts a life of grammatical grief and glory as a copy editor for The New Yorker. Norris join...
In "Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen," Mary Norris recounts a life of grammatical grief and glory as a copy editor for The New Yorker. Norris joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the magazine’s style standards, and whether she's worried about language and literature in the age of spell check and autocorrect.
In "Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen," Mary Norris recounts a life of grammatical grief and glory as a copy editor for The New Yorker. Norris joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the magazine’s style standards, and whether she's worried about language and literature in the age of spell check and autocorrect.
Reflections on thirty years of copy editing for The New Yorker, and breaking through as a writer with blogs (and now a book) on commas, semicolons, and all thin...
Reflections on thirty years of copy editing for The New Yorker, and breaking through as a writer with blogs (and now a book) on commas, semicolons, and all things grammar.
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Reflections on thirty years of copy editing for The New Yorker, and breaking through as a writer with blogs (and now a book) on commas, semicolons, and all things grammar.
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An Evening at the Moth: Mary Norris
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Mary Norris puts the stamp of approval on every issue of "The New Yorker." She has been the keeper of the magazine's grammar flame since 1978 and the magazine's...
Mary Norris puts the stamp of approval on every issue of "The New Yorker." She has been the keeper of the magazine's grammar flame since 1978 and the magazine's query proofreader since 1993. Witty, with helpful information, her book "Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen" is great fun. (Taped: 05/06/15)
McCarthy says, "I'm really looking forward to hosting One To One. One of the best things about being a journalist is you get to meet a lot of smart and interesting people and to pick their brains, so to speak, about a variety of important issues affecting our daily lives. It's a learning process both for the journalist and for the audience you're able to reach. The advantage of One To One is that there are no sound bites - just provocative, insightful, and thoughtful conversation. We have some phenomenal guests lined up for One To One and I'm excited about hearing what they have to say."
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Mary Norris puts the stamp of approval on every issue of "The New Yorker." She has been the keeper of the magazine's grammar flame since 1978 and the magazine's query proofreader since 1993. Witty, with helpful information, her book "Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen" is great fun. (Taped: 05/06/15)
McCarthy says, "I'm really looking forward to hosting One To One. One of the best things about being a journalist is you get to meet a lot of smart and interesting people and to pick their brains, so to speak, about a variety of important issues affecting our daily lives. It's a learning process both for the journalist and for the audience you're able to reach. The advantage of One To One is that there are no sound bites - just provocative, insightful, and thoughtful conversation. We have some phenomenal guests lined up for One To One and I'm excited about hearing what they have to say."
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Prescriptivists dislike the use of “impact” as a verb, preferring “have an impact.” Mary wishes we could influence the rampant popularity of “to impact,” but in...
Prescriptivists dislike the use of “impact” as a verb, preferring “have an impact.” Mary wishes we could influence the rampant popularity of “to impact,” but in English nouns have a way of verbing.
This pet peeve was recorded on location at C. W. Pencil Enterprise, the pencilophiliac’s nirvana on the Lower East Side. Caroline Weaver, the proprietor of New York's only pencil boutique, joins us with some graphite goodies.
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A Visit to New York City’s Only Pencil Boutique | Comma Queen
Prescriptivists dislike the use of “impact” as a verb, preferring “have an impact.” Mary wishes we could influence the rampant popularity of “to impact,” but in English nouns have a way of verbing.
This pet peeve was recorded on location at C. W. Pencil Enterprise, the pencilophiliac’s nirvana on the Lower East Side. Caroline Weaver, the proprietor of New York's only pencil boutique, joins us with some graphite goodies.
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A Visit to New York City’s Only Pencil Boutique | Comma Queen
"Copy editing for The New Yorker is like playing shortstop for a major league baseball team — every little movement gets picked over by the critics," says Mary Norris, who has played the position for more than thirty years. In that time, she's gotten a reputation for sternness and for being a "comma maniac," but this is unfounded, she says. Above all, her work is aimed at one thing: making authors look good. Explore The New Yorker's distinctive style with the person who knows it best in this charming talk.
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more.
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That vs. Which | Comma Queen | The New Yorker
In "Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen," Mary Norris recounts a life of grammatical grief and glory as a copy editor for The New Yorker. Norris joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the magazine’s style standards, and whether she's worried about language and literature in the age of spell check and autocorrect.
Reflections on thirty years of copy editing for The New Yorker, and breaking through as a writer with blogs (and now a book) on commas, semicolons, and all things grammar.
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An Evening at the Moth: Mary Norris
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Mary Norris puts the stamp of approval on every issue of "The New Yorker." She has been the keeper of the magazine's grammar flame since 1978 and the magazine's query proofreader since 1993. Witty, with helpful information, her book "Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen" is great fun. (Taped: 05/06/15)
McCarthy says, "I'm really looking forward to hosting One To One. One of the best things about being a journalist is you get to meet a lot of smart and interesting people and to pick their brains, so to speak, about a variety of important issues affecting our daily lives. It's a learning process both for the journalist and for the audience you're able to reach. The advantage of One To One is that there are no sound bites - just provocative, insightful, and thoughtful conversation. We have some phenomenal guests lined up for One To One and I'm excited about hearing what they have to say."
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Prescriptivists dislike the use of “impact” as a verb, preferring “have an impact.” Mary wishes we could influence the rampant popularity of “to impact,” but in English nouns have a way of verbing.
This pet peeve was recorded on location at C. W. Pencil Enterprise, the pencilophiliac’s nirvana on the Lower East Side. Caroline Weaver, the proprietor of New York's only pencil boutique, joins us with some graphite goodies.
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A Visit to New York City’s Only Pencil Boutique | Comma Queen
Mary Norris, the eldest of eight children, was born in 1932 in Sneem, South Kerry, Ireland. She was sent to a Magdalene laundry or asylum run by the Good Shepherd Order in Cork, Ireland, in 1949 at the age of 16. She spent two years there. The laundry closed down in 1994.
Mary was removed from her mother at the age of twelve. Her mother was having an affair, and Mary believes that those in authority thought she was a bad example. The children were taken to a judge and made wards of court. They were sent to different places run by different Roman Catholic institutions. Mary found herself at St Joseph's Orphanage in Killarney.
At the age of sixteen, Mary was sent to work as a maid, but was returned to the orphanage after she went to a cinema without permission. She was then sent to a laundry in Cork. She reports that the way she was treated at the laundry amounted to slavery, and that the girls and women were forced to work ten hours a day every day except Sunday. She reports also that her name was changed to Myra, as the nuns felt she did not deserve the holy name of Mary, and that she was told falsely that her family had abandoned her.
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