xkcd: University Commas

Post by Lynn McGuire
I like and use the Oxford Comma.
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2995:_University_Commas

Sometimes I use an Oxford Comma, and sometimes I don't. It comes and
goes. I guess you could say I'm a comma chameleon.

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Such commentary has become ubiquitous on the Internet and is widely
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(Digital Media News v. Escape Media Group, May 2014).

Lynn McGuire

2024-10-09 01:38:50 UTC

Post by Lynn McGuire
I like and use the Oxford Comma.
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2995:_University_Commas

Sometimes I use an Oxford Comma, and sometimes I don't. It comes and
goes. I guess you could say I'm a comma chameleon.

*GROAN*

Lynn

Bobbie Sellers

2024-10-09 01:50:12 UTC

Post by Lynn McGuire
I like and use the Oxford Comma.
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2995:_University_Commas

Sometimes I use an Oxford Comma, and sometimes I don't. It comes and
goes. I guess you could say I'm a comma chameleon.

How punny can you get?
I use whatever "comma" my program uses
And I hope the talk does not move to apostrophes.

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Your Name

2024-10-09 04:24:44 UTC

Post by Michael Benveniste

Post by Lynn McGuire
I like and use the Oxford Comma.
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2995:_University_Commas

Sometimes I use an Oxford Comma, and sometimes I don't. It comes and
goes. I guess you could say I'm a comma chameleon.

Or maybe you just sometimes fall into a comma coma. ;-)

Or had too many drinks with Lola at the Commacabana. ;-)

Cryptoengineer

2024-10-09 11:36:43 UTC

Post by Lynn McGuire
I like and use the Oxford Comma.
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2995:_University_Commas

Sometimes I use an Oxford Comma, and sometimes I don't. It comes and
goes. I guess you could say I'm a comma chameleon.

Or maybe you just sometimes fall into a comma coma. ;-)
Or had too many drinks with Lola at the Commacabana. ;-)

I've been seeing political lawn signs that read simply: ",-la"

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Ted Nolan <tednolan>

2024-10-09 12:29:09 UTC

Post by Cryptoengineer

Post by Lynn McGuire
I like and use the Oxford Comma.
Â Â https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2995:_University_Commas

Sometimes I use an Oxford Comma, and sometimes I don't.Â It comes and
goes.Â I guess you could say I'm a comma chameleon.

Or maybe you just sometimes fall into a comma coma. ;-)
Or had too many drinks with Lola at the Commacabana.Â ;-)

I've been seeing political lawn signs that read simply: ",-la"

Of Opar?

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What's not in Columbia anymore..

Michael Benveniste

2024-10-09 15:26:41 UTC

Post by Your Name
Or had too many drinks with Lola at the Commacabana. ;-)

Nope. I frequent the Culture Club instead.

2024-10-09 09:05:13 UTC

Post by Michael Benveniste

Post by Lynn McGuire
I like and use the Oxford Comma.
Â Â https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2995:_University_Commas

Sometimes I use an Oxford Comma, and sometimes I don't. It comes and
goes. I guess you could say I'm a comma chameleon.

There is a legend that says that the man who figures out the right way to
use a semicolon, will find god!

BCFD 36

2024-10-09 19:04:51 UTC

Post by Lynn McGuire
I like and use the Oxford Comma.
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2995:_University_Commas

Sometimes I use an Oxford Comma, and sometimes I don't. It comes and
goes. I guess you could say I'm a comma chameleon.

You should show yourself out now.

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Captain - Boulder Creek Fire (Retired)
Board of Directors - Boulder Creek Fire Protection District (What was I
thinking?)

Tony Nance

2024-10-09 22:27:35 UTC

Post by Lynn McGuire
I like and use the Oxford Comma.
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2995:_University_Commas

Sometimes I use an Oxford Comma, and sometimes I don't. It comes and
goes. I guess you could say I'm a comma chameleon.

Paul S Person

2024-10-09 16:02:56 UTC

On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 16:10:18 -0500, Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
xkcd: University Commas
https://www.xkcd.com/2995/
I like and use the Oxford Comma.
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2995:_University_Commas

Haven't there been legal cases decided on whether or not an Oxford
Comma was used?

That is, that it's presence or absence indicated if the last two items
were /both/ required or only one was?

--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

Mark Jackson

2024-10-09 16:24:37 UTC

Post by Paul S Person
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 16:10:18 -0500, Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
xkcd: University Commas
https://www.xkcd.com/2995/
I like and use the Oxford Comma.
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2995:_University_Commas

Haven't there been legal cases decided on whether or not an Oxford
Comma was used?

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/09/us/dairy-drivers-oxford-comma-case-settlement-trnd/index.html

--
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Aristotle thought man was the "rational animal"
(remember this was before social media)
- Corey Mohler

Your Name

2024-10-09 21:46:32 UTC

Post by Paul S Person
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 16:10:18 -0500, Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
xkcd: University Commas
https://www.xkcd.com/2995/
I like and use the Oxford Comma.
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2995:_University_Commas

Haven't there been legal cases decided on whether or not an Oxford
Comma was used?

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/09/us/dairy-drivers-oxford-comma-case-settlement-trnd/index.html

There are probably many many more too. Lawyers, especially the scumbag
ones, are always looking for some miniscule flaw to get their own side
a "win". :-(

Mark Jackson

2024-10-10 00:24:27 UTC

Post by Paul S Person
Haven't there been legal cases decided on whether or not an Oxford
Comma was used?

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/09/us/dairy-drivers-oxford-comma-case-settlement-trnd/index.html

There are probably many many more too. Lawyers, especially the scumbag
ones, are always looking for some miniscule flaw

. . .such as "what is the actual meaning of the law as written?". . .

Post by Your Name
to get their own side a
"win". :-(

--
Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
Aristotle thought man was the "rational animal"
(remember this was before social media)
- Corey Mohler

Your Name

2024-10-10 06:43:05 UTC

Post by Paul S Person
Haven't there been legal cases decided on whether or not an Oxford
Comma was used?

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/09/us/dairy-drivers-oxford-comma-case-settlement-trnd/index.html

There are probably many many more too. Lawyers, especially the scumbag
ones, are always looking for some miniscule flaw

. . .such as "what is the actual meaning of the law as written?". . .

As the old saying goes: "The law is an ass."

Meaning: "The law is an ass is a derisive expression said when the the
rigid application of the letter of the law is seen to be contrary to
common sense."
<https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/the-law-is-an-ass.html>

If a person is guilty of a serious crime, then gets let off because a
comma is in the wrong place (or the police didn't give the criminal a
hot cup of cocoa at bedtime, etc.), then the defence lawyer is a
scumbag and the legal system is a complete joke.