Hec, I'll prouldy support you and order a t-shirt in size large, please!
Book: I am a Shepherd. Folks like a man of God. Mal: No, they don't. Men of God make everyone feel guilty and judged.
'Safe'
Delurking 1: Because we don't always check our e-mail.
SailAweigh - Oct 11, 2009 10:04:21 am PDT #980 of 3094
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Shir - Oct 11, 2009 10:21:32 am PDT #981 of 3094
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Mocking me using a Billy Joel reference is just weird. Just like comma hating.
Also, people, do you think Oz was pro serial comma or against it?
"Serial comma? New York Times Stylebook, bitches!"
My shirt will just have to be "Pro serial comma, bitches". [Shir Stylebook]
Polter-Cow - Oct 11, 2009 10:56:39 am PDT #982 of 3094
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
When P-Cow's career advances to where he's the science writer for the New York Times, he can twist in consistent agony as his editor prunes all the serial commas out.
My career currently requires me to follow the AMA Manual of Style, which is pro-serial comma. I wrote a whole musical comedy about it.
brenda m - Oct 11, 2009 11:14:45 am PDT #983 of 3094
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
When P-Cow's career advances to where he's the science writer for the New York Times, he can twist in consistent agony as his editor prunes all the serial commas out.
It could be worse. I'm now in a position where I have to be the one pruning them all out. It was one of the hardest things to get used to at this job, seriously.
§ ita § - Oct 11, 2009 11:38:40 am PDT #984 of 3094
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I had a boss who told me it was perfectly understandable that I might make the mistake of thinking that the serial comma was necessary. That was much more irritating than having her just tell me they were wrong. I'm pretty sure I just became passive aggressive about the whole thing, instead of sucking it up.
davers - Oct 11, 2009 11:47:05 am PDT #985 of 3094
Yeah, well....
t sits in corner, gently patting the ellipsis and crooning "there, there, don't mind the serial comma talk, I think you're very special...."
Steph L. - Oct 11, 2009 12:24:21 pm PDT #986 of 3094
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
My career currently requires me to follow the AMA Manual of Style, which is pro-serial comma.
t makes AMA gesture of solidarity
Shir - Oct 11, 2009 12:31:07 pm PDT #987 of 3094
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
sits in corner, gently patting the ellipsis and crooning "there, there, don't mind the serial comma talk, I think you're very special....">
Don't die, davers. Seriously.
omnis_audis - Oct 11, 2009 1:05:57 pm PDT #988 of 3094
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
HA HA the lurkers support us in the thread.If they have DElurked, then they are no longer a lurker. And to show support in the thread, one must post, thus DElurking, therefore, you can not support this argument.
And on a more serious question, when does d-e-l-u-r-k- spell "grammar"?? :: rolls eyes at group :: But if we are going to argue typographical standards, I look at erikaj's post and see:
But I may have a parenthetical addiction(Not that there's anything wrong with that.)and ask, does punctuation go INSIDE the ) or outside the )?? But maybe we should take that discussion (with the others) to Bitches so folks who are too intimidated to jump into a million post discussion, can happily say "Hello, I am ___ ".
Calli - Oct 11, 2009 1:13:18 pm PDT #989 of 3094
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
::Leaps merrily into the delurking thread, eager to greet the lurkers who came forth in the 64 posts since I was last here::
::Reads a 64 post debate about the serial comma::
::weeps::
I use to care about the serial comma, people. And you've broken me. Broken me.
::Wanders off to see if anyone's delurked in Bitches by mistake::