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It’s just a contraction of a contraction. 400 years ago (probably longer), the nattering nabobs from the early comics.com complained with the first don’t or let’s or I’m,
The Oxford comma precedes “and” in a list of three or more items, as in “Tom, Dick, and Harry”. According to MS Word, one may either use it or not, but should be consistent in any one document.
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msowards said, 2 months ago
It that an apostrophe or a comma? And when did either become superfluous?
SusanSunshine
said, 2 months ago
Who says they’re superfluous?
Get back to work, you!
No more breaks and omissions…
Bruno Zeigerts said, 2 months ago
Must be an English accent…
Penny Robinson Fan Club said, 2 months ago
@msowards
Apostrophes, look at his own dialogue. Thanks though, I wasn’t catching either! I was thinking “Oxford English Dictionary.”
SusanSunshine
said, 2 months ago
msoedwards’ previous comment wasn’t showing even after I posted…. another GoComics time lapse….
But yeah, I agree. I’ve never heard that!
And I too thought the shirt might mean that the OED or another Oxford reference work had declared some superfluous….
But certainly not HERE
nazzofoggenmach said, 2 months ago
alas, drinking again. he’s gone so dark since the proofreader purge. hi, shine, forgot to greet you at the sarkosy inkydink!
Varnes said, 2 months ago
i thk its cuz we typ like this nw
Varnes said, 2 months ago
400 years of proper English grammar out the window in less than a decade….
jreckard said, 2 months ago
@Varnes
It’s just a contraction of a contraction.
400 years ago (probably longer), the nattering nabobs from the early comics.com complained with the first don’t or let’s or I’m,
Labyr1nth said, 2 months ago
Grammar’s just grampaw’s wife these days.
Ronald Davis said, 2 months ago
The Oxford comma precedes “and” in a list of three or more items, as in “Tom, Dick, and Harry”. According to MS Word, one may either use it or not, but should be consistent in any one document.
DoctorJeff said, 2 months ago
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again:
People who don’t use the Oxford comma are worse than Hitler.
Number Six said, 2 months ago
His punctuation is second to none.
GoodQuestion
said, 2 months ago
They don’t have a lot in comma but she could make a postrophe happy . . . ☻
cdward said, 2 months ago
A lot of people have no comma sense these days.