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Standard comma or Oxford comma?

>http://www.strawpoll.me/5843688/

>> No.7287207

Oxford will win by a landslide because it is an easy but totally meaningless way for one to assert his superiority and elitism; therefore it is perfect for /lit/.

>> No.7287213

>I had a banana, peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Why is he talking to a sandwich?

>> No.7287235

If you don't use the Oxford comma you are literally the cancer killing the liberal arts.

>> No.7287247

>>7287207
It's not elitism when the alternative is FUCKING RETARDED.

Am I also elitist for believing the earth is round instead of flat?

>> No.7287248

I finally fucked a girl, mom and dad.

>> No.7287257

>>7287170

THEY ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE; THEY ARE DIFFERENT BUT COMPLEMENTARY COMMA USAGES; DICHOTOMIZING THEM WOULD BE LIKE DICHOTOMIZING "DOUBLE QUOTATION MARKS" , AND "SINGLE QUOTATION MARKS".

YOU ARE ILLITERATE.

>> No.7287259

>>7287247
I fully agree, but many people "support" Oxford commas for no reason other than pretension/the idea that you're "supposed" to if you're smart.

>> No.7287262
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7287262

>the year of our Lord 2015
>still using commas

>> No.7287266

>>7287257
>punctuation outside of quotation marks

SMH TBH FAM

>> No.7287274

>>7287170
trick question. oxford comma is standard.

>> No.7287287

"Highlights of his global tour include encounters with Nelson Mandela, an 800-year-old demigod and a dildo collector."

>> No.7287297

>>7287266

THE PERIOD GOES WITHIN THE "QUOTATION MARKS" ONLY WHEN SOMETHING, OR SOMEONE, IS BEING QUOTED; OBVIOUSLY, I AM NOT QUOTING ANYONE.

>> No.7287307

Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?

>> No.7287314

>>7287307

ANYONE WHO CARES FOR PROPER GRAMMAR.

>> No.7287345

>>7287297
False.

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>>7287262
HACK
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>> No.7287394

The comma originally was used as a pause or breath, to better emulate the flow of speech; as literature was still beholden to oral tradition.

If you drop the oxford comma, it adds flexibility to the prose, allowing commas to indicate cadence of speech.

It's ironic that the dash originally served the same purpose (as a rest notation), but now is also used to group like terms. The ellipsis is not suitable for this function, because it always implies an incomplete statement...

>> No.7287425

>>7287314
>>7287297
>>7287257

Settle down, Beavis.

>> No.7287464

>>7287425
Just filter him. Save yourself the headache.

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obligatory

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>>7287262
>2015
>people not using "and" as the only conjunctive

>> No.7287606

>>7287583
good to see a fellow h3h3 supporter

>is that you Hila?!

>> No.7287624

>>7287606
that makes 3 of us

>where's the luuube?

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>>7287624
Hila, if that is you, plz identify yourself.

>tfw I bought a Dunnie

>> No.7287905

>>7287307
Go away Ezra