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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
(1,283 posts)leftieNanner
(16,148 posts)RockRaven
(19,049 posts)SheltieLover
(79,339 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)a bit sooner.
Good humor
AleksS
(1,714 posts)SheltieLover
(79,339 posts)I favor it as well & it took me a second.
ancianita
(43,216 posts)EarnestPutz
(2,843 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
(28,179 posts)Different Drummer
(9,083 posts)PCIntern
(28,179 posts)Wow!
Different Drummer
(9,083 posts)JudyM
(29,741 posts)LuvNewcastle
(17,785 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
(4,588 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Roland99
(53,345 posts)Hekate
(100,133 posts)Lets eat Grandma.
Lets eat, Grandma.
Roland99
(53,345 posts)Good book
Moral Compass
(2,369 posts)Thats priceless. Didnt get it first. English is such a slippery language. Literally laughed out loud.
JDC
(11,079 posts)As the song goes, "who gives a f*%k about an Oxford Comma..."
Rudy does in this case I'd guess.
question everything
(51,960 posts)TeamPooka
(25,577 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)Dagstead Bumwood
(6,606 posts)for being so fastidious about keeping his shirt tucked in.
And, that's a funny tweet.
Glorfindel
(10,173 posts)how many dildos does one actually need? Poor old Rudy!
amb123
(1,599 posts)No. The line is, What's that in the road ahead?
rpannier
(24,887 posts)Stinky The Clown
(68,943 posts)Tooooo funny!
Pacifist Patriot
(25,210 posts)question everything
(51,960 posts)kskiska
(27,165 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(10,484 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.