Can O' Grammar Worms!
Apr. 24th, 2008 11:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kniteracyWe can always learn something new about the people we love. Sometimes, these lessons are painful.
This morning, while I was explaining reasons why my style and another person's style are incompatible, I mentioned that this other person does not use the serial comma (also known as the Oxford or Harvard comma).
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filceolaire said, "I hate the Oxford comma!"
Oh, my friends, I was distressed. I may need to re-evaluate my relationship status. At least he liked The Princess Bride, which is another one of my criteria for marriage. I guess I should have had this 'oxford comma' discussion sooner, eh?
While there are places where I might not use the serial comma, I find that I use it in almost all the places I might. I think it makes written language more like spoken language, and I believe that it makes a lot of potentially ambiguous things, well, less potentially ambiguous. Now, I am generally against the overuse of commas, and I can't stand when people use a comma when they need a full stop or a semicolon, but I am generally an Oxford Comma Fan.
How about you? Answer the poll! :) I welcome discussion on this topic.
[Poll #1176247]
ETA: I have made this poll public, because I'm curious to see what people not on my friends list might have to say. :-)
This morning, while I was explaining reasons why my style and another person's style are incompatible, I mentioned that this other person does not use the serial comma (also known as the Oxford or Harvard comma).
filceolaire said, "I hate the Oxford comma!"Oh, my friends, I was distressed. I may need to re-evaluate my relationship status. At least he liked The Princess Bride, which is another one of my criteria for marriage. I guess I should have had this 'oxford comma' discussion sooner, eh?
While there are places where I might not use the serial comma, I find that I use it in almost all the places I might. I think it makes written language more like spoken language, and I believe that it makes a lot of potentially ambiguous things, well, less potentially ambiguous. Now, I am generally against the overuse of commas, and I can't stand when people use a comma when they need a full stop or a semicolon, but I am generally an Oxford Comma Fan.
How about you? Answer the poll! :) I welcome discussion on this topic.
[Poll #1176247]
ETA: I have made this poll public, because I'm curious to see what people not on my friends list might have to say. :-)
