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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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I can't find my popcorn.
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Never mind, I found it.
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I hear them call the tide
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I hate it thoroughly, truly, and irrevocably.
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“Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo”
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Frequently insomnia. Although I would never have taken the time to watch Exodus (1960) with Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint.
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How was it?
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At my last job, my boss and I had a long-running friendly feud over this. I would add commas to her docs whenever I had the chance and she'd take them off.
When I was getting ready to leave for my next job and I was writing up all the stuff I was leaving behind, it made sense to do HTML pages. I made every comma available a hyperlink to an article about the controversy. |
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The original purpose for punctuation was to indicate the rhythm and flow of the written word. When relating a series of items one doesn't say "item one (pause) item twoanditemthree." They say "item one (pause) item two (pause = COMMA) and item three." To not indicate as such in the written word is inexcusable. It is a discourtesy to the reader.
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All the grammar authorities I've checked say to put them in. So why do people leave them out? Are they teaching that in schools?
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I don't care what those "experts" think. "Authors, Editors and Printers" makes "editors and printers" a single entity, like ham and eggs. It looks stupid, it reads worse. I think someone just got tired of having to make a little comma. If they recommend to use it to "ensure clarity" then whose clarity do we speak of? You either use it, as a rule, or you don't, as a rule. If it's ever needed to ensure clarity then it must be used consistently...not at the whim of some editors, or printers, or editors and printers, or authors and editors...
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