oxford comma

[Schildog]

the commas pic from the random pic thread got me thinking about it. 

 

do you use an oxford comma? seems to be one of those stupid grammar rules that can go either way. i'm a non-believer myself. i'm lazy.

[Lhalo]

Who gives a f**k about an Oxford comma?

[Brandon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frOjjVDb8R8

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I don't use it unless not using it might create confusion.

[Tank]

"i bought some tomatoes, corn, and lettuce."

 

if the comma after 'corn' is the oxford comma, then yes, i use it all the time.

[the dude abides]

Yes for me.

[Spencer]

Always, it's how I was taught in grade school.

If you don't use the oxford comma, then f*ck you.

[Chimi]

It's how I was taught in school as well.  It actually bugs me when I read stuff that doesn't use it.  

[Brandon]

I had to look it up. I thought that was normal?

[arch stanton]

Years of tech writing force me to use it.

[Redondo]

I was taught not to use it. So I never use it.

 

Always wondered why some writers used it.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Don't get me started on when to use I vs. me.  Nobody knows what the **** they're talking about when it comes to pronoun usage. 

 

I had a grammar teacher who taught me to remove some of the words from the sentence to determine which one to use. That particular trick has served me well for years.

Edited May 17, 2015 by Vegas Halo Fan

[Blarg]

the commas pic from the random pic thread got me thinking about it. 

 

do you use an oxford comma? seems to be one of those stupid grammar rules that can go either way. i'm a non-believer myself. i'm lazy.

 

As evident by your refusal to use the caps key.

[Ray McKigney]

It is sometimes a necessity. So, I use it all the time.

 

[Schildog]

As evident by your refusal to use the caps key.

 

yet it's the shift key that is neglected. 

[Taylor]

Technically the Oxford comma is redundant, because a comma is used in replace of "and" so an Oxford comma basically means "and and."

 

But I still use it for the reasons cez said.

[Schildog]

the picture doesn't need the oxford comma with "jfk, stalin and the strippers" mind you.

[HaloMagic]

I never liked that logic. "You could just reword the sentence and then you wouldn't need the comma."

Yeah, or I could just add a comma.

[sneaky_flute]

The one truly pointless comma is the one that separates independent clauses. 

Edited May 18, 2015 by sneaky_flute

[fan_since79]

"I could care less" really bugs me. The correct form is "I couldn't care less".

[ELEVEN]

Both are grammatically fine most of the time.

The things people think are rules regarding grammar and punctuation are pretty funny. My favorite is "never end a sentence with a preposition," which is patently false.

Don't get me started on when to use I vs. me. Nobody knows what the **** they're talking about when it comes to pronoun usage.

Me tend to agree.

[ELEVEN]

1) You can also sometimes add words to a sentence to figure it out.

John is smarter than me.

John is smarter than I.

Add "am" to the end, and see which makes sense. You would sound like a non-native English speaker if you ever said "John is smarter than me am." It's the word "than" that's the marker for a new subjective clause.

2) You can also sometimes replace singular pronouns with a plural pronoun to figure it out.

If the plural replacement is "we" or "they", then the singular has to be "I"

If the plural replacement is "us" or "them", then the singular has to be "me"

Next up....reflexive pronouns? lol

You are needed in Jamaica.

[Slegnaac]

Misplaced comma...

While eating my aunt, Mary walked in.

[maximus p]

It's grammatically incorrect unless there's also a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so). 

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