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[Elieson]

That's google for ya

[Elieson]

Aye

Honestly I just wanted to do something sorta active since i haven't really done too much in here lately, and figured I'll ask everyone that I see who posted on this page a question!

[Breezy Kanzaki]

rip

[Starman]

I remember this one time i was in a church youth and they were going over shit for secret santa

and the girl writing everything down accidentally wrote it as "Secret Satan"

The fact that the girl writing it down was the pastors daughter only made it funnier for me

[Breezy Kanzaki]

Sock plz

That became weirder because of the boss I'm on

[Balcerzak]

I would praise it, but what about the linguistic quandaries it causes?!

But what about the linguistic quandaries it solves?!

[secondworld]

But what about the linguistic quandaries it solves?!

Bal gets it

Praise the oxford comma

[Julius Nepos]

But what about the linguistic quandaries it solves?!

That's what's great about it. But it also creates them. It's a double-edged comma.

[secondworld]

That's what's great about it. But it also creates them. It's a double-edged comma.

That would be the case if they were equal, but its pros far outweigh the cons.

[Julius Nepos]

That would be the case if they were equal, but its pros far outweigh the cons.

Then what do you consider its pros and cons if you believe the former far outweigh the latter?

[Elieson]

The Oxford Comma Guild

[secondworld]

Then what do you consider its pros and cons if you believe the former far outweigh the latter?

Wording wasn't very... good I guess.

Basically I find that it takes away ambiguity more often than not.

[PKLucas531]

Hey PKSmell add more stickpaints to your sig plzkthx or make one one plzkthx?

you mean make you one

???

[Elieson]

Well, i mean your monodo boy looks lonely down there...

[Elieson]

http://youtu.be/XX2KcYcSR64

Went with this

[Breezy Kanzaki]

I began to wonder

And then it was gone

[Julius Nepos]

Wording wasn't very... good I guess.

Basically I find that it takes away ambiguity more often than not.

I see.

My problems with it are not the cases where it adds or removes ambiguity, which I think is a minority of cases, but it is with other cases where it is ambiguous whether it adds or removes ambiguity.

For example I used to use the Oxford comma when 'and' started a new clause, to indicate the start of a new clause. This would indicate to the reader that 'and' is starting a new clause rather than being part of an enumeration, thus making the sentence easier to read.

But people who are not accustomed to using or reading the Oxford comma will only expect a comma before 'and' when 'and' is starting a subordinate clause. To these readers a comma before 'and' would indicate the start of a subordinate clause. But if I used a comma to start a main clause, those readers would think I were starting a subordinate clause, which would not be the case, thus making the sentence harder to read.

That's the problem it causes.

[Elieson]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eChl_XcUN0k&index=4&list=PL1BA4F5975C5A1B53

This is f'king 13/8 time signature.

[Julius Nepos]

Though I suppose there are only relatively few situations where 'and' is used to start a subordinate clause...

Hmm, I will have to think about this issue some more, but midnight probably isn't the best time to do that.

So good night, I will bring report of my reflections on the Oxford comma tomorrow.

And happy Sinterklaas to those who celebrate that.

[Magical Glace]

Hmmm...

[Breezy Kanzaki]

hahaha

that was painful

[Magical Glace]

hahaha

that was painful

eh

[Breezy Kanzaki]

Persona Q Glac

[Magical Glace]

O

[Breezy Kanzaki]

No

Not O

Q