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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,260 posts) Sun Nov 15, 2020, 07:39 PM Nov 2020

Update your lesson plans. We have a new perfect example for Oxford commas.

I corrected the run-on sentence for the title.

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Update your lesson plans, we have a new perfect example for Oxford commas.

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Y’all, not a fail. He’s the copy chief at Random House, he knows how to comma. He wrote this intentionally.

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*clears throat*

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Update your lesson plans. We have a new perfect example for Oxford commas. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 OP

Exactly.. There was no need for an Oxford comma. This was correct as written hlthe2b Nov 2020 #1

K&R Blue Owl Nov 2020 #2

No Oxford comma necessary Cirque du So-What Nov 2020 #3

Now, I'm in a comma, coma,! abqtommy Nov 2020 #4

The people advocating for Oxford commas here... jmowreader Nov 2020 #5

hlthe2b

(102,066 posts)

1. Exactly.. There was no need for an Oxford comma. This was correct as written

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Sun Nov 15, 2020, 07:43 PM

Nov 2020

Blue Owl

(50,225 posts)

2. K&R

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Sun Nov 15, 2020, 07:59 PM

Nov 2020

Cirque du So-What

(25,902 posts)

3. No Oxford comma necessary

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Sun Nov 15, 2020, 09:00 PM

Nov 2020

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)

4. Now, I'm in a comma, coma,!

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Nov 15, 2020, 10:46 PM

Nov 2020

jmowreader

(50,520 posts)

5. The people advocating for Oxford commas here...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Nov 15, 2020, 11:10 PM

Nov 2020

....believe Mr. Dreyer is talking about three people - Giuliani, a healthcare disaster, and a dildo collector.

Mr. Dreyer is in fact stating that Giuliani is a healthcare disaster who collects dildos.

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