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От : Alexander Koryagin 2:221/6 28 июн 24 17:21:58
К : Ed Vance 28 июн 24 17:23:01
Тема : Grammar in the Bar
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Hi, Ed Vance!
I read your message from 27.06.2024 15:25
AH>> It`s a matter of style, not an absolute requirement, and some
AH>> people recommend using it only when it`s needed to avoid
AH>> confusion: Through the window I saw John, a basketball player and
AH>> a friend of mine. What is this friend`s name, and is he a
AH>> basketball player? I have no idea. I found the example in
AH>> Wikipedia... I didn`t personally invent it. I asked for coffee
AH>> with a breakfast of pancakes, bacon & eggs, hot buttered toast and
AH>> hash brown potatoes. At 5WPM I can type an added comma without
AH>> having to fret about whether someone from ElseWhere will think I
AH>> buttered the hash browns *after* they were cooked. For me it`s
AH>> easier to use the Oxford comma routinely in such a list than to go
AH>> into detail about why buttering such things on the plate may not
AH>> work. If Denis asks I`ll do the latter, but other folks may not
AH>> care.: - Q BTW, here`s a joke Dallas found shortly before your
AH>> message arrived: I like cooking my family and my pets. -- commas
AH>> save lives I suppose you could in many cases. But as Anton says,
AH>> in English it is generally considered desirable to avoid
AH>> unnecessary verbiage.... [chuckle].
EV> When I read Dallas`s joke I thought about the phrase: "Love your
EV> kids but belt them in the car."
You can note, however, that when you speak such things you cannot
put a comma at all. ;-)
EV> Hmmm, should I had put a period after the ending quote mark?
I read that in the British English they put such a comma outside
the quotation marks, but in the American English they are inside.
Bye, Ed!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2024
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