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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:31:22 PM EDT
[#1]
a
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:31:48 PM EDT
[#2]
I was taught A, but I will write it either way at times.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:32:24 PM EDT
[#3]
A is the way.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:32:58 PM EDT
[#4]
I'm a fan, supporter, and user.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:33:32 PM EDT
[#5]
Anyone not using Oxford Commas needs a kick to the balls, face, and ass.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:34:23 PM EDT
[#6]
I like the no comma rule but have switched to using the extra one.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:34:54 PM EDT
[#7]
I voted "B" because everyone else said "A" was correct.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:35:03 PM EDT
[#8]
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Anyone not using Oxford Commas needs a kick to the balls, face, and ass. Aye. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:35:09 PM EDT
[#9]
I do both.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:36:29 PM EDT
[#10]
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Anyone not using Oxford Commas needs a kick to the balls, face, and ass. 
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:37:29 PM EDT
[#11]
A, b, etc.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:38:32 PM EDT
[#12]
The 'and' takes the place of the comma, duh.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:39:40 PM EDT
[#13]
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The 'and' takes the place of the comma, duh. He is right, ya know. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:40:12 PM EDT
[#14]
Oxford.
Queue up the picture of JFK/Stalin/strippers. I use it because it reduces ambiguity, because I was taught, and mostly because when such a sentence is spoken, it sounds like there's an Oxford comma in there. Why not write it? I left to run errands, pick up Josh, and drop off Cindy. Read it: it's three separate things. I left to run errands, pick up Josh and drop off Cindy. Read it now: Josh and Cindy are errands. 
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:40:28 PM EDT
[#15]
It is a must.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:40:44 PM EDT
[#16]
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He is right, ya know. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The 'and' takes the place of the comma, duh. He is right, ya know. That's "He is right and you know." 
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:40:50 PM EDT
[#17]
I use them all the time, acknowledging the most people in the US don't. It was beaten into me in the 4th grade.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:42:10 PM EDT
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I was taught A, but I will write it either way at times. This. You don't have 50,000 posts and still do a lot of proofreading. In fact, I suspect most people see them and say fuck it. In it isn't really clear to me when I read it, I edit it. If I understand what I wrote, I leave it alone. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:42:26 PM EDT
[#19]
Definitely use it. Shouldn't be optional.
I would post the JFK/Stalin pic, but I'm on my phone. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:43:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The 'and' takes the place of the comma, duh. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:43:45 PM EDT
[#21]
Those who didn't vote "A" are simply examples of the "dumbing-down" of America.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:44:01 PM EDT
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Serial/Oxford/Harvard comma, whatever you want to call it. Which do you prefer? a) I bought milk, bread, and eggs. b) I bought milk, bread and eggs. Giving an acceptance speech: a) I'd like to thank my parents, my pastor, and my dog. b) I'd like to thank my parents, my pastor and my dog. The confusion in (b) is the reason that (a) is the proper construct. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:45:26 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:45:37 PM EDT
[#24]
Depends on sentence flow to be quite honest. Sometimes it's appropriate to use A, but sometimes B reads better.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:56:53 PM EDT
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Depends on sentence flow to be quite honest. Sometimes it's appropriate to use A, but sometimes, B reads better.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:00:31 PM EDT
[#26]
Come on man, again? This was brought up a month or two ago
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:03:11 PM EDT
[#27]
I was taught B in elementary school. I honestly can't remember what I used when I was in college at your Alma mater. Probably A because I've always thought it is more correct.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:07:47 PM EDT
[#28]
No comma precedes and, however, a comma generally precedes but.
edited
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:08:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:08:21 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It does not. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The 'and' takes the place of the comma, duh. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:09:28 PM EDT
[#31]
It is important.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:13:28 PM EDT
[#32]
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Anyone not using Oxford Commas needs a kick to the balls, face, and ass. Yes, quite true. Savages. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:20:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryHow about this? We invited rinoceri and Washington and Lincoln. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:23:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
I was taught A, but I will write it either way at times. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:27:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The 'and' takes the place of the comma, duh. This.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:28:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It does not. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The 'and' takes the place of the comma, duh. I was taught b, 45 years ago. You kids and your "New Math" |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:30:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The 'and' takes the place of the comma, duh. This. That. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:31:39 PM EDT
[#38]
They suck testicles, rectum and schlong.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:33:41 PM EDT
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Come on man, again? This was brought up a month or two ago ...Would you rather have a "dupe" comma thread or a Sig brace thread? |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:35:21 PM EDT
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They suck testicles, rectum and schlong. I nicknamed my testicles tweedledee and tweedledum. How'd you come up with the nicknames for your testicles? |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:36:03 PM EDT
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Punctuation is supposed to time your sentences for a reader, putting one before the conjunction causes a stumble. I do not use them.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:36:36 PM EDT
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They suck testicles, rectum and schlong. Appropriate names for your testicles, I suppose. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:36:44 PM EDT
[#43]
A.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:37:49 PM EDT
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The Harvard comma is critical to preventing bad parties.
Kharn |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:38:22 PM EDT
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a) I bought milk, bread, and eggs. b) I bought milk, bread and eggs. The first guy bought three items. The second guy bought two items with one of them being a thing called bread and eggs. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:41:04 PM EDT
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Oxford. Queue up the picture of JFK/Stalin/strippers. I use it because it reduces ambiguity, because I was taught, and mostly because when such a sentence is spoken, it sounds like there's an Oxford comma in there. Why not write it? I left to run errands, pick up Josh, and drop off Cindy. Read it: it's three separate things. I left to run errands, pick up Josh and drop off Cindy. Read it now: Josh and Cindy are errands. I am not an errand |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:42:15 PM EDT
[#47]
A
But mostly, it's about how it flows, man. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:42:49 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
I nicknamed my testicles tweedledee and tweedledum. How'd you come up with the nicknames for your testicles? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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They suck testicles, rectum and schlong. I nicknamed my testicles tweedledee and tweedledum. How'd you come up with the nicknames for your testicles? Lolololololol |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:43:17 PM EDT
[#49]
I, prefer, the, William, Shatner, comma.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:43:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Punctuation is supposed to time your sentences for a reader, putting one before the conjunction causes a stumble. I do not use them. Just like a period is a pause, a comma is a short pause. Try it. "We invited the strippers, JFK and Stalin." Notice the small pause at the only comma in that sentence? Kinda makes it sound like JFK and Stalin are the strippers? Now try it this way: "We invited the strippers, JFK, and Stalin." Notice the additional pause ('stumble') which reinforces the intent of the sentence by separating JFK and Stalin from the 'strippers' modifier? It's the difference between this: We invited the strippers. JFK and Stalin are the strippers. and this: We invited the strippers. We invited JFK. We invited Stalin. But hey, do what you want. That's the beauty of language, and living in this country. You're entitled to be wrong. 
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