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This is where the Oxford Comma, largely not adopted in the US, is your friend
by hackernewds 3y ago
This is where the Oxford Comma, largely not adopted in the US, is your friend
- gnicholas 3y agoReally? I see it here all the time. It's also apparently preferred by the majority of Americans, by polling: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/elitist-superfluous-or-popular-we-polled-americans-on-the-oxford-comma/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/elitist-superfluous-or-...
- oldbbsnickname 3y agoI love the Harvard comma because it creates a balanced list. For certain sentences, semicolons are sometimes needed in lieu of commas to introduce greater grouping when formatted text is unavailable: Mary visited New York City, New York; Chicago, Illinois; and San Francisco, California.
- bumby 3y agoAlternatively, according to Kurt Vonnegut: >"Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college."
- oldbbsnickname 3y agoWell, that's impractical pseudo-advice stemming from another kind of snobbery: that of ostentatious, pseudo-anti-intellectualism layered with a patina of confrontational, extravagant language like a 2nd-year English major trying to impress. Been There; Saw That; Bought The T-Shirt.
- bumby 3y agoI think you are taking it a little too seriously. Vonnegut joked around a lot. His signature was purposefully designed to look like an asshole. I wouldn’t read so much into it.