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Black no sugar ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 04 Dec 04 Location: Somewhere between Brighton and Lancing Online Status: Offline Posts: 3941 |
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Oxford comma after "and"!!? Where?? |
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Blobby ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 May 04 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 779 |
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BNS you let yourself down there...NO Oxford comma...
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ok I was messing and to be fair I would like a go in a cherub! it was only a mild poke at the churub boys/girls |
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timnoyce ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 05 Aug 04 Location: Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991 |
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haha, well i feel well and truely 'poked'
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Iain C ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1113 |
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Hmmm, on second thoughts BNS has a point, I think it would have been an Oxford comma if it had been before and, not after it. Anyway, on the basis that everyone will be looking through my posts witha fyne toofcomb loooking for speling mstakes I'll drop the hole thing now and blame larst nite's beeeeer. ![]() |
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Black no sugar ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 04 Dec 04 Location: Somewhere between Brighton and Lancing Online Status: Offline Posts: 3941 |
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Rupert ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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OK, I quite understand the grammer, but why is an incorrect comma before an "and" called an Oxford comma? Do you have a spy photo of the said comma?
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Black no sugar ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 04 Dec 04 Location: Somewhere between Brighton and Lancing Online Status: Offline Posts: 3941 |
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It's not an incorrect comma as such. When you list a number of 'things', you separate each one with a comma, except the penultimate one, which gets attached to the last one with "and". Now, if the list is too long or if the items listed are "complex" (like a composed noun), you might want to mark the pause after the penultimate (one before last) with a comma. The comma placed between 'extension' and 'and' is an Oxford comma. It makes the sentence easier to understand but, in my view, shouldn't be overused. American journalists tend to use the Oxford comma quite freely, which is another reason why we shouldn't overdo it. I'm off with my camera to find an Oxford comma in its natural habitat and bring back a photo for this forum. These creatures are rather shy, so I might be gone for a while. If anyone knows why it's Oxford, rather than Cambridge or errr... Milton Keynes
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Rupert ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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OK, so it is the correct use of the comma which is called the Oxford comma, not the incorrect use...I would imagine it was brought into common useage by some professor at Oxford, in that case. Please, someone post an interesting boat development to take my mind off commas! |
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Prince Buster ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 15 Dec 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1146 |
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Well you learn something new every day.
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