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by hobie16 » Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:18 pm
Goofyernmost wrote:All I can say is that all this comma talk is putting me in a coma! ;)

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by Big Wallaby » Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:58 pm
Are you saying that we could turn SGT into Batteries Plus?
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by GaTechGal » Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:54 am
hobie16 wrote:
That is so hilarious. I can still hear that gal from the movie "They're putting
PEOPLE into
COMAS ..."
And I use serial commas every day in my work. I even have "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" on the shelf in case I feel like I have to look up some finer points on commas.
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by BRWombat » Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:35 pm
As someone who uses semi-colons daily, even in non-professional communication, and who furthermore appreciates the difference between dashes and hyphens, I am all for the use of the Oxford comma so long as it does not add confusion. I just never knew it was called that.

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Big Wallaby
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by Big Wallaby » Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:17 pm
GaTechGal wrote:That is so hilarious. I can still hear that gal from the movie "They're putting PEOPLE into COMAS ..."
And I use serial commas every day in my work. I even have "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" on the shelf in case I feel like I have to look up some finer points on commas.
I LOVE
Eats, Shoots and Leaves. An awesome book.
Since we've put pictures into this conversation, I feel I must do the same. My favorite argument for the Oxford comma follows:
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And as for semi-colons, I use them regularly. They are especially useful for the list within a list.
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by Zazu » Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:53 pm
Big Wallaby wrote:For those of you who love grammar, yes. That is an Oxford comma. I am now working to bring them back. Where else will they come from? ;)
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by hhsrat » Sat Aug 18, 2012 12:11 pm
BRWombat wrote:As someone who uses semi-colons daily ...
I also use semi-colons on a fairly regular basis. However, in some types of programming, it's required.
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by GRUMPY PIRATE » Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:48 pm
PLEASE CEASE ALL USE OF THE TERM 'COLON"
I think the term oxford comma is much better.
you see, after turning an, umm, advanced age, all references to colon cause an involuntary cringe!
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by Big Wallaby » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:05 pm
Hmm. GP, you may have a point there.
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by hobie16 » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:50 pm
GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:you see, after turning an, umm, advanced age, all references to colon cause an involuntary cringe!
I recently had a torn retina. The fix was using a laser to spot weld the flap to the back of the eye. Before the doctor started he said, "I've been told by other patients that this is the most painful procedure they've ever been through.'
I replied, "You're obviously too young to have experienced a sigmoidoscopy."
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