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In response to "My "old man" thing that drives me up the wall with students" by Reagen

"I seen", "how come", and lack of Oxford commas drive me up the wall -- nm

Posted by zork Apr 7 '22, 10:34

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Secret Door#3, rewrite your awkward sentence! -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 10:39 7
- I loathe that there are apps out there to correct this. - Mel Profit Apr 7, 12:19
- There are lots of instances of their use in a non-awkward sentence. -- nm - zork Apr 7, 10:44 4
  - 99% of the "see!" examples are contrived and require a complete ignorance of context. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 10:47 3
    - Just like your example against it below. -- nm - zork Apr 7, 11:02 2
      - Which is why rewriting for clarity is the correct answer. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 11:03 1
        
        But my jar of white out is almost empty and it's getting really hard to read the computer screen -- nm - Baruno Apr 7, 11:07
- I'm feeling targeted, harassed, and defiant. -- nm - Baruno Apr 7, 10:44
Lack of Oxford commas is actually a style thing here, took some getting used to. -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 10:35 15
- Man buns were a style, too. That doesn't make it OK. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 10:36 14
  - Exactly. Adding it can never hurt your communication but leaving it out can. -- nm - zork Apr 7, 10:41 13
    - Incorrect! -- (link) - Reagen Apr 7, 10:45 12
      - *points to the millions of positive examples next to the baby in the bath water* -- nm - zork Apr 7, 10:59 8
        
        You're the one who said never. - Reagen Apr 7, 11:01 7
        
        ~well…hardly ever!~ -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 11:06
        
        They prefer the term ecdysiasts. -- nm - Baruno Apr 7, 11:03
        
        Statistically never - zork Apr 7, 11:03 4
        
        Can you find a singular example of not being able to find a singular example of something? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 11:09 3
        
        Are you trying to short circuit the Borg? -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 11:12 1
        
        Picard spoilers - Beryllium Apr 7, 11:17
        
        Give me a moment! -- nm - zork Apr 7, 11:09
      - Is the comma a sandwich? -- nm - Baruno Apr 7, 10:54 2
        
        Or….is it CAKE?! -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 10:54 1
        
        Please hold while I fetch my knife. -- nm* - Beryllium Apr 7, 11:07

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