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Re: Serial Comma (Oxford/Harvard comma)
« Reply #30 on: January 06, 2008, 01:18:26 PM » |
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I still put two spaces after my periods.  That's how it should be!  That's how I was taught. And FTR.........My cousin is hot! That's nice. Does he/she put out?? |
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Re: Serial Comma (Oxford/Harvard comma)
« Reply #31 on: January 06, 2008, 01:29:23 PM » |
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I still put two spaces after a period. I try to put a good amount of space between myself and my wife's periods. |
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Re: Serial Comma (Oxford/Harvard comma)
« Reply #32 on: January 06, 2008, 01:41:27 PM » |
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I still put two spaces after a period. I try to put a good amount of space between myself and my wife's periods. Eventually, that, too, will end. |
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Re: Serial Comma (Oxford/Harvard comma)
« Reply #33 on: January 06, 2008, 05:24:04 PM » |
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I was also taught not to end a sentence, paragraph or a post with a preposition. But to each his own I guess so.
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Re: Serial Comma (Oxford/Harvard comma)
« Reply #34 on: January 06, 2008, 08:01:31 PM » |
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Those dear Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary order in Scranton were for it, and although I tested their patience on numerous occasions, they could not be dissuaded in their conviction regarding the serial comma. I could find no other chinks in their grammatical armor, so I gave up the fight regarding this subjective nuance, and could not be happier as a serial commatist myself.
Those old gals were pretty smart, and they broke me of the use of prepositions at the end of sentences in a way that remains with me to this day. I'd say, "Where is she at?", and Sister Kieren would say, "Between the 'a' and the 't'." I sometimes say it to this day when I can no longer stand the butchering, but most of the twentysomethings have no idea what I'm talking about.
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Re: Serial Comma (Oxford/Harvard comma)
« Reply #35 on: January 06, 2008, 08:18:50 PM » |
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Re: Serial Comma (Oxford/Harvard comma)
« Reply #36 on: January 06, 2008, 08:27:38 PM » |
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Those dear Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary order in Scranton were for it, and although I tested their patience on numerous occasions, they could not be dissuaded in their conviction regarding the serial comma. I could find no other chinks in their grammatical armor, so I gave up the fight regarding this subjective nuance, and could not be happier as a serial commatist myself.
Those old gals were pretty smart, and they broke me of the use of prepositions at the end of sentences in a way that remains with me to this day. I'd say, "Where is she at?", and Sister Kieren would say, "Between the 'a' and the 't'." I sometimes say it to this day when I can no longer stand the butchering, but most of the twentysomethings have no idea what I'm talking about.
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Re: Serial Comma (Oxford/Harvard comma)
« Reply #37 on: January 06, 2008, 08:30:24 PM » |
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It was when England ran the world. Pax Britannica wot.
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Re: Serial Comma (Oxford/Harvard comma)
« Reply #38 on: January 06, 2008, 08:31:27 PM » |
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Those dear Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary order in Scranton were for it, and although I tested their patience on numerous occasions, they could not be dissuaded in their conviction regarding the serial comma. I could find no other chinks in their grammatical armor, so I gave up the fight regarding this subjective nuance, and could not be happier as a serial commatist myself.
Those old gals were pretty smart, and they broke me of the use of prepositions at the end of sentences in a way that remains with me to this day. I'd say, "Where is she at?", and Sister Kieren would say, "Between the 'a' and the 't'." I sometimes say it to this day when I can no longer stand the butchering, but most of the twentysomethings have no idea what I'm talking about.
I would rather it was spelt armourAs would I, 2iron, but the spell checker kept flagging it, which made me second guess my original spelling. |
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Re: Serial Comma (Oxford/Harvard comma)
« Reply #39 on: January 07, 2008, 10:55:39 AM » |
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I would rather it was were spelt armour And I'll not ask if you're afflicted with celiac. |
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Re: Serial Comma (Oxford/Harvard comma)
« Reply #40 on: January 07, 2008, 12:50:17 PM » |
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I would rather it was were spelt armour And I'll not ask if you're afflicted with celiac. Would you mind repeating the question, I was in the loo.... |
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