The Free Joy State wrote:But avoiding confusion is significantly less funny, so YMMV.
Exactly!
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by Forsher » Mon Dec 02, 2019 2:53 am
by Australian rePublic » Mon Dec 02, 2019 4:14 am
by The Archregimancy » Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:01 am
by The Archregimancy » Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:08 am
The Blaatschapen wrote:The Free Joy State wrote:Very phallocentric to assume God is male.
There are times when the Oxford comma may be needed to ensure clarity (and, if that is the case, I will use it), generally it's a stylistic choice and in most cases it's not absolutely needed.
With the sentence: "Bring me my notebook, a pen and my cat." no clarity is lost with or without an Oxford comma.
With Arch's sentence, a serial comma might avoid confusion.
But avoiding confusion is significantly less funny, so YMMV.
God is male, because Goddess is female Why else have a feminine form precisely to point out a female God?
by Asle Leopolka » Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:12 am
by Satuga » Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:38 am
If you really wanna, leave out that oxford comma!
by Greed and Death » Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:50 am
Bear Stearns wrote:One thing that always took me awhile to adjust to is that the Oxford comma is not used in business writing.
by An Alan Smithee Nation » Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:51 am
by US-SSR » Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:51 pm
by The Two Jerseys » Mon Dec 02, 2019 6:03 pm
US-SSR wrote:Somewhat off-topic, but still: RIP the Apostrophe Protection Society. Epitaph: "Ignorance and Laziness Has Won."
by Ethel mermania » Mon Dec 02, 2019 6:28 pm
The Archregimancy wrote:Highlights of a Peter Ustinov's global tour included encounters with Nelson Mandela, an 800-year-old demigod and a dildo collector.
Amongst those interviewed were Merle Haggard’s two ex-wives, Kris Kristofferson and Robert Duvall.
by The Two Jerseys » Mon Dec 02, 2019 6:31 pm
Ethel mermania wrote:The Archregimancy wrote:Highlights of a Peter Ustinov's global tour included encounters with Nelson Mandela, an 800-year-old demigod and a dildo collector.
Amongst those interviewed were Merle Haggard’s two ex-wives, Kris Kristofferson and Robert Duvall.
Merle understood hard living.
by Ethel mermania » Mon Dec 02, 2019 6:57 pm
by Sapporo Hyperspace Riftgate Laboratory » Tue Dec 03, 2019 12:58 am
"For a vast majority of its existence, mankind dreamed to reach the stars. Yet today, reaching the stars is made a reality through joint endeavor."
- Operations Director of the T.I.A., Hilbert Lachlan Silverwell
by Kowani » Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:06 am
US-SSR wrote:Somewhat off-topic, but still: RIP the Apostrophe Protection Society. Epitaph: "Ignorance and Laziness Has Won."
by Sensorland » Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:10 am
by The Free Joy State » Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:14 am
Kowani wrote:US-SSR wrote:Somewhat off-topic, but still: RIP the Apostrophe Protection Society. Epitaph: "Ignorance and Laziness Has Won."
Linguistic evolution is a thing, people. Get over it.
by USS Monitor » Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:17 am
by Kowani » Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:26 am
by The Free Joy State » Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:36 am
Kowani wrote:The Free Joy State wrote:Apostrophes are still needed.
Writing "We had no food, so we ate the dogs'." will earn you sympathy.
Writing "We had no food, so we ate the dogs." will earn you a visit from the RSPCA.
Not the point. Rather, that we will adapt, and get along just fine. It’s an inherent quality of language.
by An Alan Smithee Nation » Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:41 am
by Kowani » Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:47 am
The Free Joy State wrote:Kowani wrote:Not the point. Rather, that we will adapt, and get along just fine. It’s an inherent quality of language.
Well, it is the point. Sometimes, punctuation can change the meaning of a sentence entirely.
A lot of communication these days is done in a text format, where confusion happens anyway.
Take away proper punctuation, and we'll get more confusion:
"So what do you like?"
"I love baking my family and friends."
"..."
"I have to say something."
"What?"
"I'm sorry I love you."
"..."
Language changes, but it shouldn't change to the cost of becoming incomprehensible.
by The Blaatschapen » Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:52 am
by An Alan Smithee Nation » Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:55 am
by An Alan Smithee Nation » Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:56 am
The Blaatschapen wrote:Proper spelling matters too.
Man's laughter is entirely different from manslaughter.
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