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#oxfordcomma

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Duncan<p>On the thorny issue of the Oxford comma I'm personally on the team that says any sentence where it noticeably increases or decreases ambiguity is poorly constructed. Redraft time.</p><p>I use it sometimes but generally prefer to avoid it for aesthetics reasons, it's certainly not something that should ever be load-bearing.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OxfordComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordComma</span></a></p>
Duncan<p>Popped onto the other place (or the other other place? BlueSky in any event) to catch up on current events. Not much useful today but I did see this headline. </p><p>The context was someone, not usually an Oxford comma advocate, saying this headline would benefit from one as the current text makes it sound like Katy Perry is Bezos's fiancé. A comma would clarify that she's not.</p><p>But surely it's actually more misleading that way? Katy Perry gets put in a subordinate clause!</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OxfordComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordComma</span></a></p>
Jonathan Kamens<p>I am doing my onboarding training for my new job, which requires reading lots and lots and lots of policies and standard operating procedures, and most of these were written by people who do not believe in the <a href="https://federate.social/tags/OxfordComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordComma</span></a>, and I am therefore involuntarily twitching repeatedly throughout the day as I read them.</p>
Paul H :tinoflag:<p>If there are any grammar nerds, especially lovers of punctation, out there, you will enjoy this 1' 11" YouTube video by Elle Cordova as the Oxford comma. Very clever, witty, and funny.</p><p>Originally via Metafilter.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ElleCordova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElleCordova</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/OxfordComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordComma</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky0YOo7_Y0o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ky0YOo7_Y0</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p>
Tom Roberts<p>Oxford comma?</p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/OxfordComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordComma</span></a></p>
Patrick<p>The Oxford comma is like a booger hanging out of your nose unnoticed. It isn't hurting anything, but you don't need it there. </p><p>Rewrite your poorly constructed sentences, y'all! </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/apstyle4life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apstyle4life</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/oxfordcomma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oxfordcomma</span></a></p>
Isla McKetta, MFA<p>One one hand, I've raised a child who has a strong opinion about the <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/OxfordComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordComma</span></a>. On the other hand, his opinion is entirely informed by the Vampire Weekend song.</p>
Andrew Woods<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@grammargirl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>grammargirl</span></a></span> </p><p>I'm sure you've seen this, but it amuses me - so I thought I'd share it with you 😄</p><p><a href="https://otb.cachefly.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/oxford-comma-jfk-stalin.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">otb.cachefly.net/wp-content/up</span><span class="invisible">loads/2011/09/oxford-comma-jfk-stalin.jpg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://phpc.social/tags/OxfordComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordComma</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/SerialComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SerialComma</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/commas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commas</span></a></p>
DopeGhoti<p>The <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OxfordComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordComma</span></a> implies the existence of the Stanford Semicolon.</p>
Cartersville Area Writers<p>CAW Term of the Week - Oxford Comma<br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAW</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CartersvilleAreaWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CartersvilleAreaWriters</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CartersvilleAreaWritersGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CartersvilleAreaWritersGroup</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CAWTofW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAWTofW</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CAWTermOfTheWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAWTermOfTheWeek</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TermoftheWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TermoftheWeek</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TofW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TofW</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authors</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WritingLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingLife</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WritersOnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOnMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/AuthorsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Oxfordcomma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oxfordcomma</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/AuthorsOnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorsOnMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/MastoWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoWriters</span></a></p>
Anne<p>Let's hear it for the Oxford Comma (which I will use forever).</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OxfordComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordComma</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a></p>
The Skeptic's Book of Lists<p>I would rather not post on Twitter than abandon my Oxford comma to get under the character limit.<br>_________<br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/OxfordComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordComma</span></a></p>
v_i_o_l_a<p>"University Commas" <a href="http://xkcd.com/2995" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">xkcd.com/2995</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> :) <br><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/xkcd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xkcd</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OxfordComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordComma</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/etal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etal</span></a></p>
Leisureguy<p>Something I learned only recently: the Oxford comma is omitted before "&amp;." Another tiny wrinkle in written English for language hobbyists. 🙂 </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ampersand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ampersand</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OxfordComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordComma</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Adam Beer<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@parismarx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>parismarx</span></a></span> There are at least <em>four</em> typos in the text version linked to (P.S. stop using <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LinkShortener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinkShortener</span></a>⁠s), <em>plus</em> a missing <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OxfordComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordComma</span></a>. :blobcatfacepalm:</p>
Isocat now → @isocat@tiggi.es<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@That_One_Guy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>That_One_Guy</span></a></span> So…where are we meant to smoke our food and drinks, then, if not in the gym?</p><p><a href="https://4bear.com/tags/OxfordComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordComma</span></a></p>
David Fi&er<p>July 24: Happy birthday to Alexander Dumas, Lord Dunsany, and John D. MacDonald</p><p><a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/OxfordComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordComma</span></a></p>
Walrus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@BigJackBrass" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BigJackBrass</span></a></span> </p><p>Oh, well spotted! I missed that one...<br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/OxfordComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordComma</span></a></p>
europlus :autisminf:<p>Can anyone spare an Oxford Comma for the Sydney Morning Herald?</p><p>“Eruption”, indeed!</p><p><a href="https://social.europlus.zone/tags/OxfordComma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordComma</span></a></p>
Ned Yeung<p>I always knew that about Mandela.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/oxfordcomma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oxfordcomma</span></a></p>
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