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13. It really does!

Sat Sep 26, 2020, 01:36 PM

Sep 2020

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I'm using grammarly. [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2020 OP

Grammarly must be my soulmate, then wryter2000 Sep 2020 #1

Clearly different meanings. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2020 #3

Sorry I edited my post wryter2000 Sep 2020 #4

How did adding the Oxford Comma change the meaning in this instance? DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2020 #5

The second version implies that the writer's parents are RBG & the pope Cirque du So-What Sep 2020 #8

States admiration for all 4 individuals: Ms. Toad Sep 2020 #23

Ahh, the Oxford comma. GOPBasher Sep 2020 #6

Despite my appreciation of the Oxford comma, Cirque du So-What Sep 2020 #9

The second sentence can stand alone csziggy Sep 2020 #12

Ditto. GOPBasher Sep 2020 #33

Commas are also for pacing. TheBlackAdder Sep 2020 #16

It's like the "eats, shoots and leaves" book lol. cwydro Sep 2020 #30

It absolutely HATES my ellipses! LOL hlthe2b Sep 2020 #2

I love my ... And my ---, and randomly scattered semi-colonoscopies. erronis Sep 2020 #7

ellipsis StarryNite Sep 2020 #11

Me... A HERETIC I AM Sep 2020 #18

Me, too wryter2000 Sep 2020 #19

Me too . . . Alacritous Crier Sep 2020 #21

I couldn't get through the day without a couple of well-placed ellipses Cirque du So-What Sep 2020 #10

thanks! after years of being pretty sure stopdiggin Sep 2020 #15

...and then he tied her up... tavernier Sep 2020 #31

It really does! ellie Sep 2020 #13

I'd never heard of the Oxford comma till recently. captain queeg Sep 2020 #14

The first sentence reads better to me. LuckyCharms Sep 2020 #20

Catholic school? captain queeg Sep 2020 #22

Whoever told you that was wrong. Ms. Toad Sep 2020 #24

I just blast the words out and hope for the best. hunter Sep 2020 #25

If someone ever makes wryter2000 Sep 2020 #26

I have a fancy university Biology degree with a minor in English. hunter Sep 2020 #27

I guess I'm not talking about children wryter2000 Sep 2020 #32

+ a googleplex n/t Disaffected Sep 2020 #29

We never used the comma before the and back in the 50s. marie999 Sep 2020 #28