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Great Comma Incident: Revision history

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3 July 2026

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  • curprev 02:2202:22, 3 July 2026 Eashcroft talk contribs 6,311 bytes +6,311 Created page with "The Great Comma Incident refers to a printing error of 14 March 1887, in which a single misplaced comma in a public notice from the Ludgate Bank, published in ''The London Sentinel'', rendered the notice's crucial final clause ambiguous at the height of unrelated rumours about the bank's financial position. The resulting confusion triggered a brief but severe run on the bank's deposits. The incident is closely associated with the compositor Thia Typo, who set the not..."
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