Space Facts@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 hours agoWhat's funny here?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1473
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minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 hours agoYe olde missing Oxford comma strikes again
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 hours agoThe Oxford comma is when you have a list of things that have basically one more comma than usual, following the penultimate member of the list. Oxford: Red, green, and blue. Standard: Red, green and blue. … The thing that is missing from the OP sentence that dramatically alters its meaning is the word ‘with’, not a comma.
Ye olde missing Oxford comma strikes again
The Oxford comma is when you have a list of things that have basically one more comma than usual, following the penultimate member of the list.
Oxford: Red, green, and blue.
Standard: Red, green and blue.
… The thing that is missing from the OP sentence that dramatically alters its meaning is the word ‘with’, not a comma.