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Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?

nirak:

undercoverginger:

tanya77:

spytap:

rickwebb:

karion:

natface:

joemuto:

You know who doesn’t give a fuck anymore? The University of Oxford styleguide:

As a general rule, do not use the serial/Oxford comma: so write ‘a, b and c’ not ‘a, b, and c’.

Game changer.

I just…between that and the no more double space after a period….

Why does this have to evolve?

You will pull this comma from my cold, dead, and frozen hand. 

Today I learned I’ve been writing in British my whole life.

I think it’s silly to exclude that comma. “And” couples words. Without the Oxford comma, items are coupled. For example, “For breakfast we had, coffee, pancakes, cereal, and fruit” lets you know that there were 4 items to choose from. “For breakfast we had coffee, pancakes, ceral and fruit” tells us that “cereal and fruit” came together as one dish. Same thing with listing people. No comma and they’re a couple.

I agree with the coupling concept.  My love stays the same now and forever.  Can’t teach this dog new tricks. 

So it looks like the way I did it is correct again? I just started doing it the other way. Duuuuumb. 

And we need to quit writing confusing sentences about breakfast items. How many people have four things for breakfast often enough for this to be a problem? 

(Source: joemuto)

  1. katya-ellis reblogged this from pearlsandflipflops
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  4. damngina reblogged this from nirak and added:
    And we need to quit writing confusing sentences about breakfast items. How many people have four things for breakfast...
  5. wallofdis reblogged this from lilyb and added:
    Grammar/punctuation nerd crush.
  6. rebeccaaaa reblogged this from rickwebb and added:
    Dear Oxford Comma, //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eho6m_H1q2c Love, Rebecca
  7. jenninsandiego reblogged this from karion and added:
    people these days
  8. pearlsandflipflops reblogged this from joyengel and added:
    I love the Oxford comma when used as follows: a, b, and groups of c. Not necessary with a, b and c. Also style guide: I...
  9. virginiamoons reblogged this from ecantwell and added:
    I couldn’t agree more. Every time I saw the Oxford comma, I wanted to not only delete it but also cringe because of how...
  10. nirak reblogged this from undercover-ginger and added:
    So it looks like the way I did it is correct again? I just started doing it the other way. Duuuuumb.
  11. gingermob reblogged this from ecantwell and added:
    YES, LOOK AT THIS KEEK.
  12. meth reblogged this from tanya77 and added:
    I would like to second the cold, dead hand thing. Oxford 4 Lyfe, bitches!
  13. bisceglie reblogged this from rickwebb and added:
    fuck double-spacing after a period, but damned if i’m going to quit using the oxford comma.
  14. ethicka reblogged this from rickwebb and added:
    *raises hand* Me, right here. The kid with the English degree. I give a fuck about my oxford comma.
  15. cestmavieelleestennuyeux reblogged this from dailyrenegade
  16. gregcohn reblogged this from rafer and added:
    Apparently it is the PR department style guide. One can only hope this makes it even easier to distinguish copy from...
  17. lilyb reblogged this from rickwebb and added:
    Yup. What he said. (Really? This is a thing? Can’t we be trusted with punctuation? Or is the TSA now going to be...