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Discussion in 'Feedback' started by wxytrader, Mar 12, 2024.

  1. Overnight

    Overnight

    Now you used an ownership apostrophe or whatever it is called with "Frank's beans".

    You are horrible.

    GAME PENALTY!
     
    #31     Mar 13, 2024
  2. That was Google voice to text
     
    #32     Mar 13, 2024
  3. Overnight

    Overnight

    Lame excuse. Go into the corner and wear this pointy hat.
     
    #33     Mar 13, 2024
  4. ph1l

    ph1l

    With all due respect, one who "growed" up has no business acting as one of the

    :D
     
    #34     Mar 13, 2024
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  5. Overnight

    Overnight

    You missed the irony. It is from a Letterman bit from the early 1990s. :-(

    Sorry, a lot of my humor references shit from the 80s and 90s! I am not privy to all the new paradigms!



    :-\
     
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    #35     Mar 13, 2024
  6. I still don't think you are grasping the concept of why an oxford comma needs to be used in some circumstances...even oxford apparently doesn't realize this or they would make it a rule and not an option.
     
    #36     Mar 13, 2024
  7. SunTrader

    SunTrader

    Who frickin' ever says I like oatmeal, eggs and fruit salad ... unless they like them altogether?

    Anyway less is more. "I would have wrote a shorter letter ...."
     
    #37     Mar 14, 2024
  8. That's the point. If we had a standardized oxford comma rule then it would be self explanatory.

    • I like oatmeal, eggs, cars, boats, travelling, movies, naps, fruit salads and whip cream, skiing, tennis, and hiking on nice days.
    In this sentence it is clear that you like fruit salads and whip cream, and you like hiking on nice days.

    • I like oatmeal, eggs, cars, boats, travelling, movies, naps, fruit salads and whip cream, skiing, tennis and hiking on nice days.
    In the this sentence it appears you like fruit salads and whip cream, tennis AND hiking on nice days. That's a lot of activity for one day lol.
     
    #38     Mar 14, 2024
  9. SunTrader

    SunTrader

    For BREAKFAST is the point. Moving on from this pointless discussion.
     
    #39     Mar 14, 2024
  10. It's not pointless as I have shown that moving the placement of the comma can actually change the meaning of the sentence. Oxford should amend the rule as such. I won't even take credit for it...they can still call it the oxford comma rule. :)
     
    #40     Mar 14, 2024