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От : Ed Vance 1:2320/105 27 июн 24 10:25:24
К : Ardith Hinton 27 июн 24 18:28:01
Тема : Grammar in the Bar
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> Hi, Alexander! Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:
> It`s a matter of style, not an absolute requirement, and some
> people recommend using it only when it`s needed to avoid confusion:
> Through the window I saw John, a basketball player and a friend
> of
> mine.
> What is this friend`s name, and is he a basketball player? I have no idea.
> I found the example in Wikipedia... I didn`t personally invent it.
> I asked for coffee with a breakfast of pancakes, bacon & eggs,
> hot buttered toast and hash brown potatoes.
> At 5WPM I can type an added comma without having to fret about whether
> someone from ElseWhere will think I buttered the hash browns *after* they
> were cooked. For me it`s easier to use the Oxford comma routinely in such a
> list than to go into detail about why buttering such things on the plate may
> not work.
> If Denis asks I`ll do the latter, but other folks may not care.
> :-Q
> BTW, here`s a joke Dallas found shortly before your message
> arrived:
> I like cooking my family and my pets.
> -- commas save lives
> I suppose you could in many cases. But as Anton says, in English
> it is generally considered desirable to avoid unnecessary verbiage....
> [chuckle].
> --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
> * Origin: Wits` End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)
When I read Dallas`s joke I thought about the phrase:
"Love your kids but belt them in the car."
Hmmm, should I had put a period after the ending quote mark?
Ed
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