1. 17:11 25th Jan 2012

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    politicalprof: The Oxford Comma: Not the solution to all our grammar problems… I know this is going to piss off a lot of English majors, but I really don’t give a fuck about an Oxford comma. I used to swear by it and abhor all writing that had naked ands and buts (lol, naked buts), but several years of journalistic writing beat that out of me. Now I go back and forth, depending on context. The main thing for me is that I be consistent within a single piece of writing, not that I follow some arbitrary universal rule.

    politicalprof:

    The Oxford Comma: Not the solution to all our grammar problems…

    I know this is going to piss off a lot of English majors, but I really don’t give a fuck about an Oxford comma. I used to swear by it and abhor all writing that had naked ands and buts (lol, naked buts), but several years of journalistic writing beat that out of me. Now I go back and forth, depending on context. The main thing for me is that I be consistent within a single piece of writing, not that I follow some arbitrary universal rule.

     
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      Still hate it, loathe it and ain’t gonna use it. Word.
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      THANK YOU. I write with and without the...Comma, depending on
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      a) Thanks for the compliment, captainrobocop! b) I had no idea someone had reposted my image and it was making the...
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      I see this a lot but I guess I don’t get it. When has anyone claimed that you should always - or never - use an Oxford...
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      I’m a big fan of...Oxford comma (and of using it, when appropriate), so this graphic is...
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      Grammar and funnies. This is my bag. The use of the oxford comma comes up in my job often, I more often than not, prefer...
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      i like the oxford comma. and i appreciate this. language is just fucked up.
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      oxford comma and I approve of this message.
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