Grammar Drama (1 Viewer)

[Joe Bryant]

Gold.
Send this to your favorite grammar person.

Or maybe that's you.

https://x.com/thekrissychula/status/1909043346842284212

 

[beer 30]

Didn't expect to hear vestigial used properly by 9am today but here we are.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Didn't expect to hear vestigial used properly by 9am today but here we are.

Footballguys is special

 

[the moops]

My workplace has a writing style that foregoes the oxford comma. I get annoyed everytime I dont see a comma where it should be.

 

[Anarchy99]

Yeah, but does Grammarly talk football? No, I don't believe they do. Advantage, FBG.

 

[zamboni]

My workplace has a writing style that foregoes the oxford comma. I get annoyed everytime I dont see a comma where it should be.

I'm a big fan of the Oxford comma because it reduces ambiguity.

I blame those Cambridge guys for despising its use.

 

[AAABatteries]

My workplace has a writing style that foregoes the oxford comma. I get annoyed everytime I dont see a comma where it should be.

That depends on what your definition of "should be" is.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I'm team Oxford Comma.

Chat GPT gives an easy example

Without the Oxford comma:

I love my parents, Lady Gaga and Humpty Dumpty.

This sentence could be misread as saying your parents are Lady Gaga and Humpty Dumpty.


With the Oxford comma:

I love my parents, Lady Gaga, and Humpty Dumpty.

Now it's clear you're listing three separate entities: your parents, Lady Gaga, and Humpty Dumpty.


That last comma before "and" is the Oxford comma — it can help avoid ambiguity.

Of course, there are two types of people - those that can handle ambiguity and

 

[eighsse2]

My workplace has a writing style that foregoes the oxford comma. I get annoyed everytime I dont see a comma where it should be.

I'm a big fan of the Oxford comma because it reduces ambiguity.

I blame those Cambridge guys for despising its use.

Yeah, and to me the comma just feels right. Plus it's just the way I was taught in school.

 

[eighsse2]

My workplace has a writing style that foregoes the oxford comma. I get annoyed everytime I dont see a comma where it should be.

The irony.

 

[rockaction]

I saw this late last night. Too funny.

 

[Snoopy]

Misheard lyrics for Handyman by James Taylor: Comma. comma, comma, comma, comma, comma, comma, yeah, yeah, yeah.

 

[zamboni]

My workplace has a writing style that foregoes the oxford comma. I get annoyed everytime I dont see a comma where it should be.

The irony.

It's like ten thousand commas when all you need is an apostrophe.

 

[Kanil]

I'm afraid to type in this thread because my punctuation usage is TERRIBLE.

 

[B Maverick]

Misheard lyrics for Handyman by James Taylor: Comma. comma, comma, comma, comma, comma, comma, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Didn't Culture Club sing about the Comma Chameleon?

 

[Joe Bryant]

I'm afraid to type in this thread because my punctuation usage is TERRIBLE.

Don't fear, GB.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Morning Brew's take.

Morning Brew Style Blog #2: How to Let Your Sentences Breathe

Commas are thorny—they even look like the spiky little splinters they are

www.morningbrew.com

 

[Joe Schmo]

Screw the oxford comma, never needed it 50 years prior so not using it today. Learnt the old school way to Not use a comma after the last of a series and it works if you work it.

 

[the moops]

My workplace has a writing style that foregoes the oxford comma. I get annoyed everytime I dont see a comma where it should be.

The irony.

It's like ten thousand commas when all you need is an apostrophe.

the apostrophe is overrated. capitalization too

 

[jhib]

Screw the oxford comma, never needed it 50 years prior so not using it today. Learnt the old school way to Not use a comma after the last of a series and it works if you work it.

But do you use a comma before the last of a series like the cool people do?

 

[Joe Schmo]

Screw the oxford comma, never needed it 50 years prior so not using it today. Learnt the old school way to Not use a comma after the last of a series and it works if you work it.

But do you use a comma before the last of a series like the cool people do?

mistaken brain fart and nope.

 

[wlwiles]

Word Crimes - Weird Al Yankovic

 

[Zow]

My workplace has a writing style that foregoes the oxford comma. I get annoyed everytime I dont see a comma where it should be.

"Who gives a **** about the Oxford comma?"

- Vampire Weekend

 

[Battersbox]

She's a great follow. Find her video with 'The Grammarian'...it's even better imo.