[projectaon] Re: serial comma
- From: Hooligans in Kilts <hooligans_in_kilts@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 15:19:50 -0700 (PDT)
I'm sorry, I have an issue with people who use Wikipedia. If you are going to
cite a source, how about one that is reliable? Wikipedia is barely monitored
and anyone can go in and make changes to whatever they want to. Use an edu,
gov, or a org site if you are going to use one. com sites are commercial, and
net sites are just domains on a network, which can be linked to certain
organizations or businesses.
Sorry, I am not flaming this person (I hope), I just can't stand it when, like
I said, people use unreliable sources as a good source of information.
----- Original Message ----
From: Lawrence Ritchie <callmeinstead@xxxxxxxxx>
To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2008 5:08:25 PM
Subject: [projectaon] serial comma
I imagine this was hotly debated to start with, but nonetheless:
I balk when I see your adoption of the serial comma. Talk about unconventional!
(In the British publishing world -- and Lone Wolf is British -- virtually every
publisher eschews its use).
It seems your main reason for adopting its use was to avoid ambiguities, but
this is groundless. Whether you use it or not can create ambiguities (see ref
below). It is easier to avoid it unless its use prevents an ambiguity (the
editor's job -- and this is the only way due to the constraints of English
style). I just can't believe you guys decided to add superfluous commas into
the original works!
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma
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