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От : Ardith Hinton 1:153/716 12 июл 24 20:30:38
К : Gleb Hlebov 12 июл 24 06:41:02
Тема : Grammar in the Bar
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Hi, Gleb! Recently you wrote in a message to Alexander Koryagin:
[WRT the "Oxford" or "Harvard" comma]:
AH>> It`s a matter of style, not an absolute requirement, and
AH>> some people recommend using it only when it`s needed to
AH>> avoid confusion:
AH>> Through the window I saw John, a basketball player and a
AH>> friend of mine.
AK>> Are there three of them? ;-)
GH> Now that I`m reading it I indeed see 3 different persons.
Exactly my point... I can`t be sure because I don`t know the author.
If I were making introductions I might say "I`d like you to meet
John, a basketball player (or a chemistry student or whatever else might
interest you) and a neighbour of ours." This way you have some idea what
the two of you might have in common. But if others use punctuation a
bit too sparingly I have little evidence as to whether this person is
simply offering further detail about John.
AK> If we have a good list (of names, for instance) we would have:
AK> Through the window I saw John, Peter and Paul, who staggered out
AK> from the pub.
GH> Does "who" indicate all of them, or just Paul?
Beats me. I`d suggest asking Alexander, as you did... [chuckle].
GH> ... End of message, Alexander. Confused? Me too! :-)
Uh-huh. So why not bother with an added comma which might help? :-))
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