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How do you feel about the Oxford comma?
Helps define a list of things. Use it! 72%  72%  [ 28 ]
Superfluous. Don't! 13%  13%  [ 5 ]
Who gives a [expletive] about an Oxford comma? (hipster of 2009's choice) 8%  8%  [ 3 ]
Leroy 8%  8%  [ 3 ]
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heyzeus
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PostPosted: January 23 12, 9:16 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: The Oxford Comma
PostPosted: January 23 12, 9:37 pm 
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heyzeus wrote:
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Use it or I will think less of you.

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I think I usually do, because if you read the sentence aloud or silently back to yourself, the beats make more sense with that last comma in there. Basically, that's the basis for all of my grammar decisions. Honestly, I really have no idea where commas go. I might as well hang the text on a wall and throw darts.

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I think it is of lower priority when there are so many other types of writing errors today, because people are lazy, rely on spell check or are uneducated.

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PostPosted: January 23 12, 11:23 pm 
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Heyzeus needs to add another pony to his avatar.

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Only if perfectly necessary, like if your list ended in Rodgers and Hammerstein or something--but even then, unless it's a list of duos, you could do some rearranging. All the greats will tell you to emit useless words. I bet they'd feel similar about punctuation.

I actually read this from Mark Twain in my new daybook just yesterday:
"Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be."

'Omit' not 'emit.'

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MrSaigon wrote:
I actually read this from Mark Twain in my new daybook just yesterday:
"Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be."


My AP US History teacher in High School used to write curse adjectives into his notes to keep him awake and happy. Sometimes he'd run across something good and we'd have to wait a few seconds so he could chuckle to himself.

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AdmiralKird wrote:
Heyzeus needs to add another pony to his avatar.

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That might not be the only other Oxford comma thread out there in the GRB ether.

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Stolen from Rad's post in the other linked Oxford comma thread.

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