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During an English class in High School, my teacher (we'll call him Mr. Jones) came into the classroom and saw the following written on the blackboard. YOU
by AaronBBrown 14y ago
During an English class in High School, my teacher (we'll call him Mr. Jones) came into the classroom and saw the following written on the blackboard.
YOU SUCK JONES
Mr. Jones proceeded to make this into a lesson about the importance of commas.
YOU SUCK, JONES
and
YOU, SUCK JONES
have wildly different meanings.
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