Sometimes it's actually better without an Oxford comma

[soothsayer]

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Thankful JJ
@J_Dot_J
Sometimes it’s 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. That's hysterical!

[leftieNanner]

2. Took me a second.......

[RockRaven]

3. LOL

[SheltieLover]

4. Hahaha!

[empedocles]

8. My bias in favor of the Oxford comma, blocked me from getting that

a bit sooner.

Good humor

[AleksS]

14. Me too! But it was worth the work!

[SheltieLover]

15. Lol

I favor it as well & it took me a second.

[ancianita]

5. Much better!

[EarnestPutz]

6. This should be the textbook example of the use and misuse of punctuation. Immortality for....

.....old Rudy. Pretty funny.

[mr_lebowski]

7. Punctuation and capitalization are important ...

I helped my Uncle, Jack, off a horse.

[soothsayer]

10. Ha! I love 3 things: eating my family and not using commas

[NurseJackie]

24. Let's eat, Grandma!

[PCIntern]

12. Omfg.

[Different Drummer]

16. ...

[PCIntern]

9. Terrific!!

Wow!

[Different Drummer]

11. Better and much funnier.

[JudyM]

13. Ha! Perfect.

[LuvNewcastle]

17. I never heard that called an Oxford Comma.

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]

27. I do the same thing. Lots of commas of every name

[mr_lebowski]

18. Who else doesn't GAF about an Oxford Comma?

[Roland99]

21. Love VW

[Hekate]

19. Commas save lives....

Let’s eat Grandma.

Let’s eat, Grandma.

[Roland99]

20. Eats, Shoots, and Leaves

Good book

[Moral Compass]

22. Oh my

That’s priceless. Didn’t get it first. English is such a slippery language. Literally laughed out loud.

[JDC]

23. Perfect

As the song goes, "who gives a f*%k about an Oxford Comma..."

Rudy does in this case I'd guess.

[question everything]

25. Thanks, everyone. Just to laugh.

[TeamPooka]

26. laughed out loud at that. I live for the Oxford comma

[warmfeet]

28. Hilarious.

[Dagstead Bumwood]

29. Yes, but you have to give it to him

for being so fastidious about keeping his shirt tucked in.

And, that's a funny tweet.

[Glorfindel]

30. But, really, when you think about it,

how many dildos does one actually need? Poor old Rudy!

[amb123]

31. "What's that in the road, a head?"

No. The line is, “What's that in the road ahead?”

[rpannier]

32. That is classic

[Stinky The Clown]

33. :SNORT: :SPIT: :COUGH:

Tooooo funny!

[Pacifist Patriot]

34. As an Oxford comma supporter, I approve this message.

[question everything]

35. Kick. Too good to just sink

[kskiska]

36. Agreed!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

37. Another great example why everyone should

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.