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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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YEAH DON'T YOU KNOW ABOUT EMBEDDED CLAUSES?
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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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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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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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