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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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Old 06-17-2014, 11:42 AM  
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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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Old 06-17-2014, 01:46 PM   #106
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It seems odd to me not to use it to me, though I know some places say not to. Commas generally indicate pauses when read aloud, and I generally say:

red (pause) white (pause) and blue

rather than

red (pause) white and blue
I tend to think of "and" as the pause in flow that denotes the end of a list.
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Old 06-17-2014, 01:47 PM   #107
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Two spaces after a sentence are a good thing. They help the writer recognize that a thought was finished, and a new one is about to begin. It's not about printing and kerning and stuff. It's a psychological tool to help people recognize that an ending just took place. We need two spaces for our mental well being.
We should just use three spaces and an ampersand.
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Old 06-17-2014, 01:48 PM   #108
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Courier is a poorly designed font for reading. There are better choices.
I detest Courier, but if you're a screenplay writer (which I'm guessing underEJ is) that is the industry standard - just the way things are done.
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Old 06-17-2014, 01:50 PM   #109
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That may be true, but it is required for submission.
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Old 06-17-2014, 01:51 PM   #110
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I detest Courier, but if you're a screenplay writer (which I'm guessing underEJ is) that is the industry standard - just the way things are done.
Really? Very interesting. I knew there was strict formatting and all or a screenplay is never looked at but tossed in the trash. I didn't know it extended to the font. I wonder if it has to do with how the entire page is formatted too? What is "under EJ?"
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Old 06-17-2014, 01:51 PM   #111
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Old 06-17-2014, 01:52 PM   #112
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Old 06-17-2014, 01:53 PM   #113
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And I thought we were strawberry jelly buddies now.

I'm willing to reconsider, you'll need to amend your stance on the double space. Some things cannot be tolerated.
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Old 06-17-2014, 01:54 PM   #114
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I'm willing to reconsider, you'll need to amend your stance on the double space. Some things cannot be tolerated.
I guess I can try. Nope.I just can't seem to grasp it. How do you do it? I guess I will just have to practice.
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Old 06-17-2014, 01:55 PM   #115
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I am a FIRM supporter of the 2 space method, as you can tell from almost all of my posts on this site. However, I always considered the period as the tool to recognize that an ending took place and a new thought or sentence was beginning...
Actually, we can't. As mentioned, web sites natively ignore two spaces in a row.

I naturally do two spaces all the time because that's how I learned to type, but I acknowledge that it's really not correct at all.
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Old 06-17-2014, 01:56 PM   #116
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That may be true, but it is required for submission.
I would like to know the rationale for that. Is there one?
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Old 06-17-2014, 01:58 PM   #118
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Actually, we can't.
Well you should just know from my demeanor and presence that I'm a 2 space kind of guy.
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Old 06-17-2014, 02:00 PM   #119
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I would like to know the rationale for that. Is there one?
Maybe actors have trouble doing a Helvetica or Garamond accent.
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As a westerner, I also want two spaces because that's our culture. We're used to lots of open space out here. You easterners can cram all your words into a little space if you want, but out here we're all about big skies and wide-open sentence construction.
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