Resident Fascist Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simping For Hina Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 I don't see any problem with exclusion of the oxford comma here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slinky Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 The second one isn't even grammatically correct.A comma would not be placed there if you were signifying the strippers were JFK and Stalin. Doing so would be inducing a list to describe the strippers and thus you'd use a semi-colon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinny Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 The second one isn't even grammatically correct.A comma would not be placed there if you were signifying the strippers were JFK and Stalin. Doing so would be inducing a list to describe the strippers and thus you'd use a semi-colonDude neither are correct cus there is no colon after strippers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 Guys commas are strange creatures and you cannot ever hope to fully understand them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethera Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 I use the Oxford comma myself, but I don't struggle interpreting sentences that lack it. And saying that one should always use it or never use it is a bit too rigid a view for my tastes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slinky Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Dude neither are correct cus there is no colon after strippers. The only colon I see is after comma. You must be blind. But yes, the first is gramatically correct. When talking about 3 or more things you do Thing 1, Thing 2, and Thing 3. You don't use a comma if you are talking about 2 things such as Thing A and Thing B. The second is trying to place the strippers AS jfk and stalin. A comma does not work like that. You use a semi-colon to signify a following list to describe it. Strippers; JFK and Stalin indicates that jfk and stalin are the strippers. Strippers, jfk and stalin doesn't tell you anything because it needs to be a double comma, or a semi-colon instead of the first comma. English is a jabroni of a language for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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