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Good writers use semicolons and em-dashes. Sometimes we used bulleted lists or Oxford commas. - You seem to have a rather high opinion of your own writing :-)
by jjgreen 8mo ago
Good writers use semicolons and em-dashes. Sometimes we used bulleted lists or Oxford commas.
- You seem to have a rather high opinion of your own writing :-)
- Why the mix of tense (use/used)?
- Oxford commas are a monstrosity
- altairprime 8mo ago> Oxford commas are a monstrosity Please don’t present your personal aesthetic beliefs as if those who disagree are morally wrong ‘bad people’. This ‘monstrosity’ comment in this context is derogatory-by-proxy of everyone (including the person you’re criticizing) who uses them, whether they know anything at all about your arguments that they should not, and that’s not really a good tone for us users here to be taking with each other.
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- smt88 8mo ago"Used" seems to be a typo. Being anti-Oxford comma is baffling. It's almost zero extra effort and reduces confusion.
- dolebirchwood 8mo ago> Oxford commas are a monstrosity This is objectively wrong.
- carefree-bob 8mo agoI laughed, but people are downvotin' like crazy when it comes to the oxford comma
- prmoustache 8mo agoAnd here I am, having to search what an Oxford comma even is. Conclusion: I thought it was the only proper way to list more than 2 things and will likely continue using it.
- patrickmay 8mo agoCongratulations on finding out that you have good taste by default.
- kbelder 8mo agoIt's the only sensible way. It wasn't the proper way for a long time.
- john_strinlai 8mo agoto be honest, these little petty attacks bug me more than some ai comments. at least some of the ai comments generate good conversation afterwards.