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> It's really hard to find fiction books, that are less than 500 pages. To play editor for a moment — your sentence needs no comma, and it’s easy to find fict
by setgree 4y ago
> It's really hard to find fiction books, that are less than 500 pages.
To play editor for a moment — your sentence needs no comma, and it’s easy to find fiction books with fewer than 500 pages ;)
Was a clause omitted?
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoFair point. I look for books in a certain genre, though. I find myself retreating to classics that are over 30 years old, because the new stuff is so unreadable. I'll probably start The Black Company (for like, the twentieth time), soon.
- setgree 4y agoIn the great short books category, Willa Cather’s plains trilogy books are like 150-200 pages each, they’re fast reads and the prose is excellent — I’d start with ‘O Pioneers!’
- djdhrbrh 4y agohttps://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2guides/guides/pep/index-eng.html?lang=eng&page=punct_2_commas_that_clutter https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2guides/guides/pep/inde... The suggestion is to never separate a subject from a verb or a verb from its object
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoHey, thanks for that! Proper comma (and semicolon) usage is always a challenge for me. I decided to develop the habit of the "Oxford Comma," but I don't think I have it down, yet. It also seems to be "un-American." American English does not like commas.
- euroderf 4y agoOn the other hand American English LOVES periods, leading to visual abominations like N.A.T.O.
- warrenm 4y agoI don't especially care whether you choose the Oxford comma, or not. But be consistent! If you always use the Oxford comma, you never have any confusion. When you sometimes use it and sometimes don't, confusion proliferates
- wyclif 4y agoWow, that's a great link. Thanks for posting that. I'd never seen it before as a reference.