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View Poll Results: Do you use the Oxford Comma? | |||
Yes | 51 | 68.92% | |
No | 21 | 28.38% | |
Comma? Hell I barely use punctuation at all | 2 | 2.70% | |
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06-17-2014, 11:42 AM | Topic Starter |
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The Oxford Comma
Saw this on 538, and figured I'd poll the board on this highly controversial subject. Hopefully this isn't too off-topic here on Food Planet. (Why hasn't the lounge been renamed to that yet, by the way?)
The Oxford comma is the last comma before the "and" in a list of 3 or more things. For example, which one of these looks correct to you: Denver, Oakland, and San Diego can all go to hell. (oxford comma) Denver, Oakland and San Diego can all go to hell. (no oxford comma) |
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06-17-2014, 11:44 AM | #2 |
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06-17-2014, 11:46 AM | #3 |
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They both are correct, but it is a matter of how to get them there.
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I usually do unless I feel rebellious, then I leave it out.
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06-17-2014, 11:50 AM | #7 |
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The last few years I've made a conscious effort to stop using the Oxford comma. It's pretty much second nature for me now.
The one that threw me for a loop recently was learning that the 2-space rule after periods I was taught and have used virtually my whole life was wrong. I'm still struggling with that. |
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06-17-2014, 12:00 PM | #11 |
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The 2-space rule only exists because of typewriters, not because it makes any kind of grammatical sense. It is not necessary in the age of modern word processors that can handle kerning.
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You got it exactly right. It's only needed on typewriters because the spacing is mechanical and even. So the extra space is needed to be noticed as a stop. Not so, when the spaces between letters are optically spaced. The space can be seen. Yes optically, not mechanically. It's an art form. Scientists tend to be too mechanical. However, I do find it interesting that Steve Jobs took calligraphy in college and when he designed the Mac, their appearance of their fonts were so much better to look at. Kerning is the removal of spaces between letters. Letterspacing is the addition of space between letters for a very wide set...but usually done as an design device. I taught typography for a while in 2006-07. There's a book called The Mac is Not a Typewriter that applies just as much to anyone typing on a PC. There's other things like no space after a comma and a few others. |
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