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    Magnificent Bastard Jorick's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Butter View Post
    Not enough D in this thread.


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    Quote Originally Posted by AwsonRew View Post
    I find this use of commas to be lame, repetitive, and utterly pointless.
    Quiet, you. Commas save lives. Show some respect for the punctuation.


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    Quote Originally Posted by AwsonRew View Post
    I find this use of commas to be lame, repetitive, and utterly pointless.
    I see what you did there...


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    Quote Originally Posted by Jorick View Post



    And a slightly racier version in a hider because trigger happy mods make me sad in the pants and I'm only 2 infraction points away from a permaban.
    I still use it, didn't know there was a specific name for its use.

    Sentences just looked fuck up to me when people are listing multiple things and the final two lack a comma to separate them, just like those images.

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    It's to do with how you are taught it in school. My class didn't learn about it, but I used it as I used to read a lot, so I was aware it exists.
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    I remember when I had a teacher who said the Oxford comma was outdated and incorrect.
    Almost failed that class because of my stubbornness.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Herzinth View Post
    I remember when I had a teacher who said the Oxford comma was outdated and incorrect.
    Almost failed that class because of my stubbornness.
    Your teacher would count you off if you used it? I would've said "BULLSHIT" to their face and shown them proof.

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    Wait, people actually say the Oxford comma is outdated and incorrect? Fuck that! The Oxford comma (and the appositive) are the only commas I can use correctly!

    In Flanders fields the poppies blow;
    Between the crosses, row on row;
    That mark our place; and in the sky;
    The larks, still bravely singing, fly;
    Scarce heard amid the guns below.


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    Quote Originally Posted by rpg101 View Post
    Wait, people actually say the Oxford comma is outdated and incorrect? Fuck that! The Oxford comma (and the appositive) are the only commas I can use correctly!
    I know, right? The Oxford comma is the best comma.

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