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— Jane Greer (@NorthDakotaJane) November 26, 2024
It would be just as ambiguous with a comma before the 'and'.
I don't care if it's used or not, but there are certain group of people who feel very strongly about the Oxford comma.
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No it wouldn't you are a fricking r-slur and the Hamas military chief
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NO FRICK YOU ANOTHER COMMA WOULDN'T REMOVE THE AMBIGUITY IT COULD EITHER BE A LIST OR A DEPENDENT CLAUSE
DOWNMARSEYD
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Why would you use a comma there to refer to seperate descriptions of Netanyahu? It makes no sense. Having a comma there makes it explicit that is a list.
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Because you use commas to separate dependent clauses. If my oldest friend was named Marsey I could write.
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Yeah you can write that, but it would be grammatically wrong
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That's dumb and the oxford comma isn't.
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No u
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but it's at least clear that marsey is not also your mother
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I think it's clearer that Netanyahu is not a Hamas military chief than a former Israel defense minister.
I think the ambiguity without the Oxford comma is funnier but it is actually less likely to cause genuine confusion
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You would put the item with the dependent clause after the and, if you weren't a moron
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You're just wrong and the hamas military chief.
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Its simple just type like a zoomer foid and dont use any punctuation and just make long paragraphs that run into each other with no clear breaks
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Teenage girls on social media and Indians on tech support forums agreeing to never touch the shift key nor use punctuation.
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Brb firing up tiktok to try and make the zoomers say saar
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Ny friend types like this and i go ",.,,.. here bro. Got you covered"
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Cormac McCarthy 🤝 zoomer foids
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Imagine getting worked up about written language in general.
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It's entirely describable, just the language is math
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Even as simple as our thoughts, we don't think in linear paragraphs. We think in complex webs.
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This is a classic gag. "I dedicate this book to my parents, god and ayn rand".
I always do oxford comma for readability. Unless im in an insane character limit crunch even then rewriting stuff yo be more concise is usually better.
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I think they are redundant with a conjunction but I don't have a problem with them
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YEAH DON'T YOU KNOW ABOUT EMBEDDED CLAUSES?
DOWNMARSEYED
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Not what's happening there. I do sympathise; it must really suck when your special interest is something you're wrong about.
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An Oxford comma could cause "a former Israeli defense minister" to read as an embedded clause 🙄
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You are a shitty writer if you embed a clause inside of a list. Good writing means the message is clear.
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Only if your special interest is deliberately misinterpreting English syntax
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If Netanyahu was a former Israeli defense minister tell me what is wrong with the sentence:
The I.C.C. issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a former Israeli defense minister, and the Hamas military chief.
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Unlike the Oxford comma case, theres a better and unambiguous way: .." for prime minister and former isrseli defense minister bibi netanyahu, and the hamas military chief"
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The problem with the sentence is that its r-slurred. Hope that helped
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Maybe if you're literally r-slurred.
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Wow. I had no idea that Israel's former defense minister was also Hamas' military chief.
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I use it or don't use it randomly just to keep people on their toes
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i generally use it unless the ambiguity created by its absence results in a funny double entendre
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I don't get it
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Oxford commas should be a formal rule
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All commas are gay and should never be used
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I freaking love commas. The more commas, the better. Apostrophes can frick off though
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Improper commas drive me nuts; semicolon chads rise up.
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Oxford comma is a plot by ink jet printer manufacturers to make midwits feel smart by printing needless ink
Putting the in
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I'm a grammar chud and even I agree that the Oxford comma is a bit too much.
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Why? Why just because you use the word and do you think you get to omit it? It makes no sense
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Darn, that's, crazy, dude.
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Time well spent
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