 JaLacaob
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
 1793 Posts
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011 7:03:53 PM
nofatchicks: Good on the comma, but where's your apostrophe? |
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 keyrow
Female, 18-29, S. America
7 Posts
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:22:49 PM
actually, the correct form of the second sentence should be "we invited the strippers: jfk and stalin. |
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 McGovern1981
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
10540 Posts
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011 7:48:33 AM
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 scotimann
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
59 Posts
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Monday, September 26, 2011 10:26:45 PM
This is too stupid for me to bother posting a comment. |
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 Phantomz
Male, 13-17, Europe
146 Posts
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Monday, September 26, 2011 6:26:23 PM
drat this poo |
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 nofatchicks
Male, 18-29, Western US
261 Posts
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Monday, September 26, 2011 11:37:14 AM
Lets eat, grandma!
or
Lets eat grandma! |
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 Kilgore89
Male, 18-29, Canada
178 Posts
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Monday, September 26, 2011 11:01:32 AM
@OldOllie
The MLA Handbook allows for the exclusion of an Oxford comma. But yes, the associated press does break too many rules of the English language in the name of simplicity. |
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 Orchideous
Male, 18-29, Europe
361 Posts
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Monday, September 26, 2011 10:29:15 AM
; |
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 DuckBoy87
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
2124 Posts
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Monday, September 26, 2011 10:26:52 AM
James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.
That that is is that that is not is not is that it it is. |
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darkmagic14n
Male, 18-29, Western US
1634 Posts
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Monday, September 26, 2011 8:23:55 AM
@Lawviz:
Uncle should also be capitalized as its his name, Uncle Jack. It's the same as mister and Mister, one refers to the title while the former refers to a improper noun
@sabio
or that sentence could also be corrected with commas instead of capitalization:
I helped my uncle, Jack, off the horse. |
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 Toider
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
452 Posts
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Monday, September 26, 2011 8:02:37 AM
I stopped using the Oxford comma because it seems the plebeians prefer their statements ambiguous. |
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 thelonious
Male, 40-49, Southern US
3200 Posts
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Monday, September 26, 2011 7:54:01 AM
Why would you have the comma after strippers if you were talking about the strippers jfk and stalin? |
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 HalfPintRoo
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
2082 Posts
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Monday, September 26, 2011 6:55:57 AM
@Tiredofnicks- Me too |
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MechBFP
Male, 18-29, Canada
820 Posts
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Monday, September 26, 2011 6:36:40 AM
"Would the second one not be 'The strippers: JFK & Stalin.' "
NO. |
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 Tiredofnicks
Male, 30-39, Europe
3995 Posts
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Monday, September 26, 2011 5:02:57 AM
Strange, I've been taught in school that a comma never should precede an "and". |
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 Klamz
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
693 Posts
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Monday, September 26, 2011 3:29:58 AM
I have but one comma on my keyboard.
If you can't read between the lines then I don't want to be talking to you anyways. |
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iinga
Male, 18-29, Europe
9 Posts
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Monday, September 26, 2011 2:42:31 AM
I'm with whapitoot |
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 Lawviz
Male, 18-29, Canada
433 Posts
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Monday, September 26, 2011 1:46:25 AM
With capitals, I can help my uncle Jack off the horse. Without capitals, I can help my uncle jack off the horse. |
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 whapitoot
Male, 18-29, Europe
81 Posts
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Monday, September 26, 2011 12:12:34 AM
Would the second one not be "The strippers: JFK & Stalin."
The colon poos on your oxford comma! |
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 bianchi
Female, 18-29, Western US
613 Posts
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 11:13:13 PM
that blew my mind. |
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 PringleMan
Female, 13-17, Canada
1364 Posts
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 10:53:24 PM
worth it just to see the strippers, jfk and stalin. |
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spultra13
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
175 Posts
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 10:39:38 PM
In this case it's acting as more than an oxford comma and is ambiguous. Clever though. |
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 msieg007
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
2171 Posts
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 10:24:32 PM
Who gives a f*ck about an Oxford Comma?
(somebody had to do the Vampire Weekend reference) |
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carmium
Female, 50-59, Canada
4269 Posts
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 9:55:02 PM
This is simply writing what we say, whatever you want to call it. It's not complicated. Do you say "Red, white and blue flags," implying red ones and white and blue ones, or "Red, white, and blue flags," implying three colors? Listen to the language and you'd write it this way without even thinking. |
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 Solvent
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
2759 Posts
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 9:36:52 PM
I'm a total grammar nazi and this still took me a while to figure out. |
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