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10-12-2005, 12:47 AM
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Re: Pet peeve: optional comma
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The serial/oxford/harvard comma is useful for removing abiguity. If the writer writes so poorly that they can't remove abiguity without use of a serial comma, I'd prefer that they use it. It bugs me to read it<font color="red">,</font> but not to write it. Freakin [/ QUOTE ] no comma there =P 
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10-12-2005, 12:48 AM
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Re: Pet peeve: optional comma
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(A) I had pancakes, eggs, and sausage for breakfast. (B) I had pancakes, eggs and sausage for breakfast. The missing comma in (B) is optional. However, it really irritates me when it's missing. Why? I don't know. Does this irritate anyone else? [/ QUOTE ] yes.
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#13
10-12-2005, 12:49 AM
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Re: Pet peeve: optional comma
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Quote: The serial/oxford/harvard comma is useful for removing abiguity. If the writer writes so poorly that they can't remove abiguity without use of a serial comma, I'd prefer that they use it. It bugs me to read it but, not to write it. Freakin no comma there =P [/ QUOTE ] You misplaced the comma in your correction.
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#14
10-12-2005, 12:49 AM
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The most aggravating thing about this is that (B) is the correct way to write according to the Associated Press. [/ QUOTE ] that's journalism. in other types of writing it's not the only way to go, and some say b is wrong in contexts other than journalism.
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#15
10-12-2005, 12:49 AM
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You left yourself open for... "if a writer writes so poorly that they mispell ambiguity twice in two sentences, I'd prefer they use a spell checker." [/ QUOTE ] is this the joke? or is Captain Grammar/Vocabulary getting lazy.
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#16
10-12-2005, 12:51 AM
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Do I really need to answer that?
We all make typos, but it takes a special person to note use their firefox spell-checker extension when correcting others' errors.
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#17
10-12-2005, 12:59 AM
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Do I really need to answer that? We all make typos, but it takes a special person to note use their firefox spell-checker extension when correcting others' errors. [/ QUOTE ] sure, we all make typos. not you, though. it's evident that you're pretty careful with all of grammar in your posts. you use a lot of bombastic and/or flowery language. i think you should be held to a higher standard when it comes to typos. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
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#18
10-12-2005, 01:01 AM
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Re: Pet peeve: optional comma
I realize that my strategic spelling of "not" as "note" may have lent an additional, unintended, meaning to my post. Apologies.
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#19
10-12-2005, 01:02 AM
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I realize that my strategic spelling of "not" as "note" may have lent an additional, unintended, meaning to my post. Apologies. [/ QUOTE ] I noticed that, but decided note to comment on it. i figured had I mentioned it, I would be falling into your mind-game trap somehow.
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#20
10-12-2005, 01:04 AM
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Re: Pet peeve: optional comma
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(A) I had pancakes, eggs, and sausage for breakfast. (B) I had pancakes, eggs and sausage for breakfast. The missing comma in (B) is optional. However, it really irritates me when it's missing. Why? I don't know. Does this irritate anyone else? [/ QUOTE ] Seriously, my pet peeve is when the comma is there. (A) really bugs me.
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