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In response to "wicked yes. -- nm" by loosilu

I sort of get why you would, but I'd never put on there.

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) May 18 '09, 08:24

In fact, that fragment needs no commas whatsoever.

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I agree. The funniest thing about this whole thread is that there's a typo in virtually every post. - pmb May 18, 08:30 4
- You misspelled grammar on porpoise, didn't you? -- nm - tee-woo-gee May 18, 08:31 1
  - Know. -- nm - pmb May 18, 08:32
- It's an Internet rule, I think. -- nm - Reagen May 18, 08:31
- I claim impairment from travel exhaustion. -- nm - loosilu May 18, 08:31
Reagen is right! -- nm - mafic May 18, 08:25
the fragment needs to be flushed down the crapper and replaced. I'm just saying, given the shit I'm working with, that's where it goes. -- nm - loosilu May 18, 08:25 16
- "even assess for and alert, authorities if it senses identity fraud"? - Reagen May 18, 08:27 14
  - one might argue, correctly even, that between "alert" and "authorities" is the single most obvious and worst place to put a comma in the sentence. -- nm - TFox May 18, 08:28 1
    - and one would be wrong. -- nm - loosilu May 18, 08:29
  - no no no. "Assess for, and alert, authorities." Oh, I see the problem. I'm not moving it, I'm adding a second one. -- nm - loosilu May 18, 08:27 11
    - but "authorities if it senses identity fraud" can't stand alone as a clause. - Reagen May 18, 08:30 4
      - isn't that the same as my previously posted rewrite? -- nm - loosilu May 18, 08:31 3
        
        maybe? I didn't see it. -- nm - Reagen May 18, 08:32 2
        
        here. not even in the IM! -- (link) - loosilu May 18, 08:33 [Backboard] 1
        
        Yes, the rewrites are better. I was meaning if you kept the order of the words the same. - Subversive May 18, 08:37
    - and you are still wrong, because the thing doesn't assess for authorities. -- nm - TFox May 18, 08:29 5
      - Correct. -- nm - pmb May 18, 08:31
      - I ... crap. dammit. fuck fuck fuck. THe sentence still sucks! -- nm - loosilu May 18, 08:29 3
        
        thank you. -- nm - TFox May 18, 08:32 2
        
        hate. -- nm - loosilu May 18, 08:34 1
        
        you'll do better next time. i still have hope for you. commas are really hard. - TFox May 18, 08:36
- nope. -- nm - TFox May 18, 08:26

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I sort of get why you would, but I'd never put on there.

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