[projectaon] Re: projectaon Digest V5 #66
- From: "Nicholas Jankowski" <jank1887@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 08:39:43 -0400
> I imagine this was hotly debated to start with, but nonetheless:
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Wow. This is the best grammar fight I've heard in years. Let me add
this: please snip some of the commented message length from your
emails when you reply. Those of us who read in Digest form get
headaches trying to find the actual replies in amongst all the
comments.
So, serial comma: settle down. Pick one or the other and stick with
it. The Brits hate it and the Americans are typically apathetic about
it. My feeling is not to use it unless you need it for clarification.
If it is used, as long as it is dropped when it would cause confusion,
I do not care. My American pride would not be hurt either way.
Wikipedia: He pointed out Wikipedia as a point of explanation, not
justification. Those of us who said, "What the heck's a serial comma"
are now all the wiser. Pleasantly, that wikipedia article did point
to many valid sources. These included the Oxford Style Manual, the
U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, etc. So, in short,
SETTLE DOWN. This is not a slashdot discussion where you need to take
petty offense and attempt to belittle and defeat your naysayers.
Game on.
Nick J.
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