The Serial comma is good, right, and proper

[kmoney]

Rex's thread spurred me to start a thread in a similar vein.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma

Is it just me or is the serial/oxford comma used less and less these days? Does it depend on the type of writing being done? Seeing it left off is becoming quite the pet peeve of mine. :mmph: Excluding it doesn't always change the meaning of the sentence or make it ambiguous, but I still think it should always be used.


:sibbie: Use the Oxford comma!

 

[Eeset]

I think you are being pedantic, silly and obsessive compulsive.

 

[kmoney]

:IA:, :sozo2:, and :Clete:

 

[Town Heretic]

Rex's thread spurred me to start a thread in a similar vein.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma

Is it just me or is the serial/oxford comma used less and less these days? Does it depend on the type of writing being done? Seeing it left off is becoming quite the pet peeve of mine. :mmph: Excluding it doesn't always change the meaning of the sentence or make it ambiguous, but I still think it should always be used.


:sibbie: Use the Oxford comma!

Knew of an English teacher who lapsed into an Oxford comma after a series of brutal key strokes. Left her parenthesized from her apadosis apple to her colon. lain:

The comma is the most, frequently overused and inappropriately placed punctuation, in all of grammar.

 

[steko]

I like brandishing commas around.

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[Thunder's Muse]

Commas, in my humble opinion, should be used, at every opportunity, whether they belong there, or not.

 

[Buzzword]

It's the difference between inviting the hookers, Barack, and Bubba, and inviting the hookers, Barack and Bubba.

Also, I want to go back in time and vehemently, violently dissuade whoever decided that the apostrophe should EVER be used for pluralization.
Because that plague will apparently never be cured from the collective unconscious.

 

[One Ugly Christian]

Commas, in my humble opinion, should be used, at every opportunity, whether they belong there, or not.

Now THAT was funny, thank you

 

[Thunder's Muse]

Now THAT was funny, thank you

I tried, really, really, hard :chuckle:

 

[chrysostom]

why use a comma
when
a hard return will do

 

[musterion]

Ask Letsargue. He is TOLs comma authority by sheer tonnage.

 

[Delmar]

Knew of an English teacher who lapsed into an Oxford comma after a series of brutal key strokes. Left her parenthesized from her apadosis apple to her colon. lain:

:rotfl:

 

[noguru]

Rex's thread spurred me to start a thread in a similar vein.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma

Is it just me or is the serial/oxford comma used less and less these days? Does it depend on the type of writing being done? Seeing it left off is becoming quite the pet peeve of mine. :mmph: Excluding it doesn't always change the meaning of the sentence or make it ambiguous, but I still think it should always be used.


:sibbie: Use the Oxford comma!

I use to use it consistently. But lately I have just gotten a little lazy and opt out of that one keystroke. I think I am saving room in cyberspace.

 

[kmoney]

why use a comma
when
a hard return will do

Just make sure you
use the serial
hard return.
lain:

 

[kmoney]

Knew of an English teacher who lapsed into an Oxford comma after a series of brutal key strokes. Left her parenthesized from her apadosis apple to her colon. lain:

The comma is the most, frequently overused and inappropriately placed punctuation, in all of grammar.

Commas, in my humble opinion, should be used, at every opportunity, whether they belong there, or not.

This is a very serious topic and I don't appreciate you making light of it. :sibbie:

 

[Town Heretic]

This, is a very serious topic, and I don't appreciate, you making light of, it. :sibbie:,

Fixed that for you. lain:

 

[Granite]

Anything that makes you sound like William Shatner should, at best, be used...sparingly.

 

[Caledvwlch]

Also, I want to go back in time and vehemently, violently dissuade whoever decided that the apostrophe should EVER be used for pluralization.
Because that plague will apparently never be cured from the collective unconscious.

Completely agree.

Cal's socks are dirty.

Cal's never going to wash his dirty socks.



Also, I've stopped using commas between consecutive adjectives.

 

[resurrected]

why use a comma
when
a hard return will do

Ask Letsargue. He is TOLs comma authority by sheer tonnage.

one of these days when i'm bored i believe i'll attempt to translate a la post into a chrys post


chances are good that i'll suck all the electrons out of the internet, but what the heck

 

[rexlunae]

Anything that makes you sound like William Shatner should, at best, be used...sparingly.

So if you, are, talking like this, youshouldreallyreallystop.