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Damn_Underscore
02/27/2024
09:38 AM
#1
Looks wrong without it
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Villain_S_Fiend
02/27/2024
09:40 AM
#2
Oxford commas are sexy.
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Ratchetrockon
02/27/2024
09:41 AM
#3
I just know about the bear and the bull

Without a comma
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Xenogears15
02/27/2024
09:43 AM
#4
Ratchetrockon posted...
I just know about the bear and the bull

Look, I know you like hairy dudes banging your girl or guy, but we don't need to hear about it here.
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Jupiter
02/27/2024
09:46 AM
#5
I remember seeing things like "I'm a fan of the Oxford comma," on so many girls' profiles on Tinder years ago. Almost like they were saying that it was their personality.
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Ratchetrockon
02/27/2024
09:47 AM
#6
Xenogears15 posted...
Look, I know you like hairy dudes banging your girl or guy, but we don't need to hear about it here.

Oh ok sorry
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TimeForAction
02/27/2024
09:49 AM
#7
Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma
Xenogears15
02/27/2024
09:49 AM
#8
Ratchetrockon posted...
Oh ok sorry

I forgive you, my son
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Villain_S_Fiend
02/27/2024
09:52 AM
#10
Jupiter posted...
I remember seeing things like "I'm a fan of the Oxford comma," on so many girls' profiles on Tinder years ago. Almost like they were saying that it was their personality.
This topic made me think of that, too, lol. Honestly though, I always took it as a bit of a positive when I saw it mentioned.

Ratchetrockon posted...
Oh ok sorry
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Ricemills
02/27/2024
09:55 AM
#11
The strippers, JFK and Stalin
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BlueKat
02/27/2024
10:02 AM
#12
As someone who works in linguistics, I can say they're definitely not necessary except in certain sentences, and the one posted isn't one of them.
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hockeybabe89
02/27/2024
10:03 AM
#13
It's a strong track on the album
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Xenogears15
02/27/2024
10:03 AM
#14
BlueKat posted...
As someone who works in linguistics, I can say they're definitely not necessary except in certain sentences, and the one posted isn't one of them.


Ricemills posted...
The strippers, JFK and Stalin

This is an example where the Oxford Comma IS needed.
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Damn_Underscore
02/27/2024
10:07 AM
#15
BlueKat posted...
As someone who works in linguistics, I can say they're definitely not necessary except in certain sentences, and the one posted isn't one of them.

No you are wrong.

Making that a full sentence, Im afraid of Lions, Tigers and Bears.

Are you afraid of Lions, Tigers, and Bears or are you telling Tigers and Bears that youre afraid of Lions?
Not to say that I'm in love with you
but who's to say that I'm not?
Prototypic
02/27/2024
10:09 AM
#16
It's situational, depending on whether the comma makes the sentence more or less ambiguous, though generally you can also fix linguistic ambiguity by rephrasing (JFK, Stalin and the strippers, for example).
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ai123
02/27/2024
10:10 AM
#17
Why do people make saying 'make it their whole personality' their whole personality?

It's just someone saying they like something.
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Ricemills
02/27/2024
10:12 AM
#18
Imagine the time saved for not writing/typing an oxford comma! It's a life/death difference!
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willythemailboy
02/27/2024
10:16 AM
#19
There have been many lawsuits when contracts and/or ordinances were written without the Oxford comma.
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Justin2Krelian
02/27/2024
10:18 AM
#20
Jupiter posted...
I remember seeing things like "I'm a fan of the Oxford comma," on so many girls' profiles on Tinder years ago. Almost like they were saying that it was their personality.

I saw one that said something like "I don't give a crap what you think about the Oxford comma" and seemed genuinely angry about it.
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Villain_S_Fiend
02/27/2024
10:18 AM
#21
Justin2Krelian posted...
I saw one that said something like "I don't give a crap what you think about the Oxford comma" and seemed genuinely angry about it.

The food here is terrible. My steak was so tough it attacked my coffee and the coffee was too weak to defend itself.
ai123
02/27/2024
10:20 AM
#22
The Oxford comma is needed, if you don't want your writing to be imprecise and pointlessly ambiguous.
'Vinyl is the poor man's art collection'.
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K181
02/27/2024
11:13 AM
#24
All about Oxford commas.

And in my many dealings with law firms, the fact that basically all of them don't use one when they have three or more listed partners always triggers me slightly.
Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less.
LoveLikeJazz
02/27/2024
11:15 AM
#25
Asherlee10 posted...
Oxford Comma is a hill I'll die on
If I had to I would also. Luckily I don't see the argument much lol
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Bass
02/27/2024
11:18 AM
#26
Thankfully, my schooling taught me to always use the Oxford comma. Didn't even know it was an option not to until much later.
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Southernfatman
02/27/2024
11:20 AM
#27
I'm for it. It just looks wrong without it.
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ai123
02/27/2024
11:25 AM
#29
In order of preference:

Using the Oxford comma
Not using the Oxford comma

Inconsistent use of the Oxford comma
'Vinyl is the poor man's art collection'.
UnsteadyOwl
02/27/2024
11:29 AM
#30
I'm for it. The worst you can say about including an Oxford comma is that it's unnecessary but not including it can lead to ambiguity. I'm not aware of a situation where an Oxford comma makes the meaning of a sentence less clear.
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Starks
02/27/2024
11:31 AM
#31
Always Oxford. Be explicit.
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IronChef_Kirby
02/27/2024
11:32 AM
#32
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trappedunderice
02/27/2024
11:36 AM
#33
No and then
Notti
03/01/2024
03:45 AM
#34
I've been oxfording since I was a child who never knew it had a name.

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tankboy
03/01/2024
04:44 AM
#35
It's called a serial comma, unless you are some kind of Anglophile.
Mistere_Man
03/01/2024
05:16 AM
#36
This was always my worst subject even before my brain damage, so I apologize if I use commas incorrectly, but I do put them before ands usually.

I also apologize for any wording, spelling, and/or grammar mistakes I most likely make. Heck I cant even remember what half these symbols even mean, or are used for anymore.
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sfcalimari
03/01/2024
05:32 AM
#37
Oxford comma is training wheels for people who can't figure out blatant context.
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xGhostchantx
03/01/2024
05:36 AM
#38
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divot1338
03/01/2024
06:18 AM
#39
IronChef_Kirby posted...
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I dont want to burst your bubble but just because you read it in a meme doesnt make it true.
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Ricemills
03/01/2024
06:23 AM
#40
divot1338 posted...
I dont want to burst your bubble but just because you read it in a meme doesnt make it true.

True, but does it make it false?
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K181
03/01/2024
07:39 AM
#41
Let me introduce you to my best friend, my wife, and my daughter. = a pleasant introduction of three different people.

Let me introduce you to my best friend, my wife and my daughter. = fucking call the police.
Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less.
codey
03/01/2024
08:00 AM
#42
I used to think it was 100% necessary and I still prefer to use it in my personal writing but Ive gotten really used to dropping it when using AP style for work, it forces me to approach and rethink sentences differently a lot of the time.
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theAteam
03/01/2024
08:02 AM
#43
My work has typing standards that require not using the Oxford comma and it kills me every time to not use it.
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GenXer
03/01/2024
08:07 AM
#44
Sorry, but I think that "extra" comma looks stupid because the "and" is enough to seperate the two. It's redundant. I never use it.
sauceje
03/01/2024
08:09 AM
#45
K181 posted...
Let me introduce you to my best friend, my wife, and my daughter. = a pleasant introduction of three different people.

Let me introduce you to my best friend, my wife and my daughter. = fucking call the police.
Every example of the oxford comma being needed is some ridiculous shit like this and I will never accept it
I don't like it one bit no sir
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Ricemills
03/01/2024
08:13 AM
#46
Oxford or not, commas are needed to separate subjects or objects.

Like "let's eat, grandma" vs "let's eat grandma"
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Yomi
03/01/2024
08:15 AM
#47
At first I had trouble using it properly because in Spanish its use is much more restricted, but now I like it.
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cjsdowg
03/01/2024
08:15 AM
#48
Most times Context would show people what you are talking about. However, in formal writing is is good to have to make sure.
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Revelation34
03/02/2024
09:11 AM
#49
divot1338 posted...

I dont want to burst your bubble but just because you read it in a meme doesnt make it true.


Except it's blatantly true.
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