Disruptive Commas! :o

[Matthew]

And just imagine trying to type "Valley-speak" without disruptive commas.

Like, O,M,G!!!

 

[Hatched69]

Yes, don't do that, except when you are writing. Christopher Walken, dialog.

Or, William, Shatner....

 

[D_Sheffield Thongbynder]

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[Hatched69]

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,? (I'm a punctuation purist)

Perfectly plausible point.

 

[D_Sheffield Thongbynder]

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[DC_DEEP]

Where's that, damned interrobang when, I need it?!?!

 

[Matthew]

I shall attempt to pay more attention and not rush through my posts.

Feh. You are SO not out of hot water, buddy.

:spankme:

 

[mindseye]

I also know that lists involving more than two items have to have commas.....

ex, I went to the store and bought chips, condoms, and cat food. Now, some people argue that a comma shouldn't go where the red one is.
I still do it because that is how I was taught.:biggrin1:

The idea of omitting the serial comma (the comma you've shown in red) was promulgated by newspapers who wanted to save space in any way they could to keep printing costs down and make more space for ads. The ugly thru and Veep were also originally newspaperisms.

Leaving out the serial comma, though, can introduce ambiguities in the intended meaning: A book dedication that read,

To my parents, Madonna and Abe Vigoda.

would start a few entirely unnecessary rumors. You were taught well—keep the serial comma.

 

[JustAsking]

Leaving out the serial comma, though, can introduce ambiguities in the intended meaning:

And thus the recent popular book, "Eats, Shoots and Leaves". Which with the comma is the very different: "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves.".

 

[that_other_guy]

And thus the recent popular book, "Eats, Shoots and Leaves". Which with the comma is the very different: "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves.".

Or even Eats Shoots and Leaves ...

 

[D_alex8]

For those in need of some anally retentive pleasure (i.e. Matthew) --->

http://eatsshootsandleaves.com/ESLquiz.html

 

[Matthew]

So, what, is, your, point,?,

There is none (except at sentence's end). An ellipsis might involve a few, but that leads to another point ...

 

[D_Elijah_MorganWood]

This reminds me of the discussion we had several months ago about periods going inside or outside the parenthesis.

 

[that_other_guy]

I'm 92% stickler ...

 

[Pecker]

Boy George was the most disruptive of all:

"Comma, Comma, Comma, Comma Chameleon"

 

[Matthew]

For those in need of some anally retentive pleasure (i.e. Matthew) --->

http://eatsshootsandleaves.com/ESLquiz.html

Thanks so much! That recommendation is truly a treasure, coming as it does from the patron saint of said need. :wink:

 

[D_Elijah_MorganWood]

Thanks so much! That recommendation is truly a treasure, coming as it does from the patron saint of said need. :wink:

Get a room!

 

[D_alex8]

Get a room!

We're already booked in at the Hôtel Vendôme so that Matthew can get off on the circumflex accents.