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When it comes to social media, it is said nothing surpasses the eagle-eyed netizens. Be it some minute detail or a glaring error, netizens have a way to have fun at any given chance. And something similar happened when they noticed a hilarious gaffe in a publication\u2019s report about Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban.<\/p>\n
Recently, in an interview with The Times<\/em>, the noted musician opened up about his battles with alcohol addiction and revealed how his wife, Kidman, saved his life. However, more than the headline or the report itself, it was the blurb that caught everyone\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n \u201cThe singer talks about how he fought addiction, music and his wife Nicole Kidman,\u201d the blurb read. Soon, it left people confused if he fought with the Oscar-winning actor.<\/p>\n It all started when a Brooklyn-based singer shared a picture of the report on Twitter, highlighting the importance of grammar and punctuation marks. \u201cI need some of you to start taking punctuation more seriously,\u201d the Twitter user wrote.<\/p>\n i need some of you to start taking punctuation more seriously pic.twitter.com\/MiHBt5eIuj<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 lizzie no (@handsomelizzie) April 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Soon, netizens had a field day and reacted to the gaffe with plenty of memes and jokes online. \u201cOuch!!! Those punctuation gotta hurt!\u201d quipped one fan online.<\/p>\n Others just used this moment to remind everyone about grammar rules. \u201cThe singer Keith Urban talks about his wife Nicole Kidman, music, and his fight with addiction,\u201d one wrote as an alternative. \u201cThe punctuation is correct; it\u2019s just grammatically ambiguous,\u201d opined another.<\/p>\n Ouch!!! Those punctuation gotta hurt! \ud83d\ude2d\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 https:\/\/t.co\/tPWU7ME1SW<\/p>\n \u2014 Kate & Ryan = Batwomen #RenewBatwoman (@WilderKane) April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I\u2019ve said it before and I\u2019ll say it again for the people in the back over there at the AP Style guide: THE OXFORD COMMA IS NECESSARY. https:\/\/t.co\/xCdL7ecNRK<\/p>\n \u2014 morgan petrov (official) (@morgansearches) April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02The proof reader in me had to read this several times and restructure it several more times to remove the ambiguity \ud83d\ude05\ud83d\ude05 https:\/\/t.co\/tNjbg8AVPw<\/p>\n \u2014 Miss Muyezwa (@CHIHERA_vaye) April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I swear the Oxford comma should never be optional pic.twitter.com\/tvrjKPM5Ff<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Charlie (@Chaxinitus) April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Keith urban whenever he sees addiction, music or his wife pic.twitter.com\/MOb90FQger<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Strawhat Snorlax (@Snorlaxtm15) April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n i\u2019m pretty sure this counts as fighting music pic.twitter.com\/AHgzn9R4uO<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 DedManiels (@MadDeniels) April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n pic.twitter.com\/hZ9XAl5PJp<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Noel Pascual (@noelvpascual) April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Music and Nicole walking up for the fight: pic.twitter.com\/eXMPJEb0Jg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Brother Nishiki (@brother_nishiki) April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Nicole bout to pull up. pic.twitter.com\/0VoPHvItcg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 BV (@thisisnotbrian) April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n My man fought actual sound arranged in the form of a melodic composition? pic.twitter.com\/1DGpGWqTOA<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 $\u20a9\u2606NK F$%#! (@swankfrank) April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n pic.twitter.com\/rUDGxDDppz<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Stacy \ud83e\udd8b\ud83c\udf3b (@auntnorma1) April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n to everyone replying that word order is the real villain here, please know that i agree. but also remember that ain\u2019t nobody ever had a viral tweet with the word \u201csyntax\u201d in it<\/p>\n \u2014 lizzie no (@handsomelizzie) April 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The singer talks about: how he fought addiction; music; and his wife Nicole Kidman.<\/p>\n Technically works. But as many pointed out, simply swapping the order of items in the list is a much easier and elegant solution<\/p>\n \u2014 John LaPine (@johnlapine) April 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Bad sentence structure\u2013Yes. Bad punctuation\u2013Not unless you\u2019re against the removal of the Oxford comma. It should\u2019ve been stated \u201cThe singer talks about music, his wife Nicole Kidman, and how he fought addiction.\u201d The clashing verbs were the problem here. pic.twitter.com\/UYg6BGxXVu<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 SighKick \ud80c\udd8f \uea00 (@sighkickyt) April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n An updated version of the story on the news website now reads: \u201cThe country singer fought addiction to become one of the bestselling musicians on the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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