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Thankful JJ
@J_Dot_J
Sometimes its actually better without an Oxford comma
Benjamin Dreyer
@BCDreyer
The highlights of his waning administration include encounters with Rudy Giuliani, a healthcare disaster and a dildo collector.
BlueSpot
(855 posts)leftieNanner
(15,080 posts)RockRaven
(14,958 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)a bit sooner.
Good humor
AleksS
(1,665 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)I favor it as well & it took me a second.
ancianita
(36,017 posts)EarnestPutz
(2,119 posts).....old Rudy. Pretty funny.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)I helped my Uncle, Jack, off a horse.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)PCIntern
(25,520 posts)Different Drummer
(7,612 posts)PCIntern
(25,520 posts)Wow!
Different Drummer
(7,612 posts)JudyM
(29,225 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,844 posts)I use it, generally. I probably use too many commas, never quite got the hang of exactly when to refrain from it. The way I look at it, as long as it doesn't confuse what you're trying to say, there's no harm in using them. But I know others might see things differently.
judesedit
(4,437 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)Hekate
(90,633 posts)Lets eat Grandma.
Lets eat, Grandma.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Good book
Moral Compass
(1,517 posts)Thats priceless. Didnt get it first. English is such a slippery language. Literally laughed out loud.
JDC
(10,125 posts)As the song goes, "who gives a f*%k about an Oxford Comma..."
Rudy does in this case I'd guess.
question everything
(47,465 posts)TeamPooka
(24,218 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)Dagstead Bumwood
(3,621 posts)for being so fastidious about keeping his shirt tucked in.
And, that's a funny tweet.
Glorfindel
(9,726 posts)how many dildos does one actually need? Poor old Rudy!
amb123
(1,581 posts)No. The line is, What's that in the road ahead?
rpannier
(24,329 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,786 posts)Tooooo funny!
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)question everything
(47,465 posts)kskiska
(27,045 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)gaf about an Oxford comma.
Lack of them falsely gives the impression of a closer relationship between two of three or more of the items in a series.