Comma Homicide

[Meanderer]

 

[Aunt Bea]

Guilty as charged!

 

[Ken N Tx]

What ever

 

[Aunt Bea]

 

[Ronni]

This would have a little more punch if the word "unpunctuated" weren't misspelled.

 

[Meanderer]

 

[CatGuy]

Semicolon to the rescue!

 

[Meanderer]

<<To err is human, to forgive, divine>>.

 

[Meanderer]

 

[Pink Biz]

 

[Aunt Bea]

Aunt Bea, the early years!

 

[Meanderer]

 

[treeguy64]

Uh, what?

 

[Meanderer]

Uh, what?

An Oxford comma is a comma used after the the next-to-last item in a series in a list of three or more items, before ‘and’ or ‘or’ (e.g. an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect).Also called serial comma.

 

[Meanderer]

 

[treeguy64]

An Oxford comma is a comma used after the the next-to-last item in a series in a list of three or more items, before ‘and’ or ‘or’ (e.g. an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect).Also called serial comma.

Sorry, all of my commas went to Cambridge.

 

[Meanderer]

The Cambridge comma (LINK)

"The Cambridge comma introduces a punctuated pause AFTER the word “and” in lists — i.e. before the final list item … An example of the new Cambridge comma illustrates the unexpectedly belated verbal interruption that it offers: “He packed up his books, cigars, teddy bears and, slippers.”

 

[Gaer]

The Cambridge comma (LINK)

"The Cambridge comma introduces a punctuated pause AFTER the word “and” in lists — i.e. before the final list item … An example of the new Cambridge comma illustrates the unexpectedly belated verbal interruption that it offers: “He packed up his books, cigars, teddy bears and, slippers.”

So, If you're reading this aloud, this indicates a verbal hesitation, correct? I was taught the opposite. Hooray! I learned something new! I must go make hot, buttered popcorn!

 

[Meanderer]

Some would like to kill the Oxford comma!

 

[jerry old]

ghost post

 

[JaniceM]

The Cambridge comma (LINK)

"The Cambridge comma introduces a punctuated pause AFTER the word “and” in lists — i.e. before the final list item … An example of the new Cambridge comma illustrates the unexpectedly belated verbal interruption that it offers: “He packed up his books, cigars, teddy bears and, slippers.”

Not meaning to be obnoxious, but it should read: "He packed up his books, cigars, teddy bears, and slippers." The comma was in the wrong place.

 

[gennie]

Oxford Comma unnecessary unless it is written as part of a speech to be read in which case it indicates a pause and emphasis on last word.

 

[jerry old]

the world has gone mad

 

[jujube]

How much you're going to enjoy next Thanksgiving lies in your choice of the following sentences:

Let's eat, Grandma!

Let's eat Grandma!

 

[jerry old]

so, do we get options?
old folks tend to be stringy