![]() ![]() ![]() In other cases, the Oxford comma can be necessary. If you delete it from the previous example, it still has the same meaning: he bought eggs, milk and bread. In some cases, you can leave the Oxford comma out without changing the meaning of the sentence. Not all style guides agree on whether to use the Oxford comma. The comma before and is the Oxford comma. For example, in He bought eggs, milk, and bread, there’s a comma between each item listed. In a list of three or more items, the last comma is called the Oxford comma (or the serial comma). However, there’s one comma use that tends to complicate the issue even beyond our recess and lunch box years: the Oxford comma. Commas can separate items in a list-for most of us this is a grade-school lesson. The House of Broken Angels - Luis Alberto Urrea Recent Posts ![]() Virtual Light - William Gibson Something I Finished Reading The Stolen Coast - Dwyer Murphy Something I'm Reading Now … But their ideas, their noblest, most solemn, most respected ideas, are they not the unimpeachable proof of the omnipotence of stupidity-eternal, universal, indestructible stupidity? - Guy de Maupassant Daily Book Spotlight How blinded and intoxicated we must be by our foolish pride, to fancy ourselves anything more than animals slightly superior to other animals. It’s an oldie but it might be a good time for a refresher.Įnter your email address to follow this weblog and receive notifications of new posts by email. I have disgraced my party and my country and am withdrawing to worship Catturd and sell cigars. I think Rudy could easily remove these doubts and confusions by simply rewriting his Twitter post like this: Is it the Party of Lincoln and two other guys not in that party, or is it the Party of the two other guys and Lincoln? Also, since Catturd is adamant about leaving the Republican Party ( 3rd party for me only) is Rudy then suggesting that anyone leaving the party must be a traitor? Does this answer the above question? If Reagan and Trump leave they are by Rudy’s own definition, traitors. Yet even with the comma, there is still a confusion in Rudy’s tweet. If Reagan and Trump leave with the traitors, does that imply that they too are members of the group traitors? Without the comma his sentence clearly suggests that we should keep the Party of Lincoln while also suggesting that Reagan and Trump and the traitors should leave. However, Rudy Giuliani’s does not use the Oxford comma and it results in a presumably unintended meaning. I’m not sure who Catturd is and can only conjecture that since he (or she: do cat turds have gender?) has nothing in common with all those prominent Republicans, he probably shouldn’t be a Republican and the rapid half-life of a third party seems like the better choice for future obscurity.īut in Catturd’s defense, note that the tweet contains an excellent example of the use of the Oxford, or Series, comma, even though the average reader would probably understand the import of the message without the comma. It was crafted with the exactitude of a well-trained and long practicing legal mind so read and learn. ![]() An excellent example of the importance of the Oxford comma has been documented in the soup of social media. ![]()
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